Tag: lamps

• IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH

  Well, I couldn’t get rid of all the memories of you after all. I tried to be good. It was something we always said we would only do together. I just never planned for you leaving me alone so soon. I don’t want you to think I’m being unfaithful. I think you would want me…

  Iain Kelly

  28/09/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• KITSCH

  Can a person be kitsch? He’s sweet, but he wears trouser braces with a garish shirt and hat and brightly coloured cords. I give him a chance, but then he invites me back to his and I see the living room… 1970s mustard-orange decor and chintzy lamps, and I’m out. ‘I’ll be off,’ I say.…

  Iain Kelly

  27/02/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, sammiscribbles, weekend writing prompt

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• ORBITAL

  

  Five hours she had been stuck on the orbital road. They had barely moved an inch while the snow continued to fall. The glowing streetlights fought off the encroaching darkness, the car’s heater battled the creeping cold and the radio staved off the loneliness. Some had abandoned their cars and started walking. She had too…

  Iain Kelly

  13/12/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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