Tag: lies

• HOUSE OF CARDS

  ‘Is this a joke?’ Indignant ’til the end, even while being led away in handcuffs. Ex-Prime Minister arrested. Sat in a jail cell next to an indicted ex-President. A pair of jokers. Guilty of lies so obvious only the blinkered can’t see them. Like a House of Cards, the weight of so much corruption and…

  Iain Kelly

  22/03/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  arrest, boris, cards, corruption, creative writing, donald, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, guilt, indict, johnson, joker, lies, literature, pack, politics, Short Story, story, trump, Writing, writing prompt

• THE LOSING BATTLE

  ‘I don’t want to be pedantic, but that isn’t what happened.’ ‘It was, I heard it with my own ears.’ ‘Right, but factually, that isn’t what happened. Who did you hear it from?’ ‘A guy I know that was there.’ ‘Could he maybe have made it up, or not got the full story? Because, again,…

  Iain Kelly

  21/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, battle, creative writing, dangerous, disappointing, disillusionment, facts, falsehood, Fiction, Flash Fiction, lies, literature, losing, media, pedagogue, pedant, pedantic, pediatric, reporting, rumour, Short Story, Social Media, story, twitter, Writing, writing prompt

• CLARITY

  

  ‘Just to be clear,’ I said, knowing I was in no way being clear, ‘there will be no further austerity measures while I am in charge.’ I ended the speech, turned and walked away from the podium, the loud applause ringing in the background. Not a bad start, I thought. This wasn’t so difficult after…

  Iain Kelly

  18/07/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  #writephoto, appearance, clarity, creative writing, deception, election, Fiction, Flash Fiction, funding, headlines, humor, humour, leader, lies, literature, politics, prime minister, public, Short Story, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, treasury, truth, votes, Writing, writing prompt