Tag: literature

• JUST DESERTS

  Frank was drunk. Julia’s leaving party started at 6 in the office with a glass of champagne for everyone. Frank drank half a bottle. While some had headed off home to start their family weekends, others had headed over to the bar across the street. Frank hadn’t been specifically invited, but he tagged along at…

  Iain Kelly

  27/10/2017

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fiction, Short Story

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• TIDAL WAVES

  

  Hands in her pockets, Elizabeth looked down from the top of the cliffs. The tide had receded gradually over the afternoon, revealing the seaweed-covered rocks, sand and pebbles of the seabed. The memory of the place was burned into her mind after ten years of constantly returning. The erosion of the waves hadn’t changed the…

  Iain Kelly

  26/10/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  assault, bay, castle, creative writing, crime, criminal, Fiction, Flash Fiction, guilty, human trafficking, justice, literature, murder, police, sea, Short Story, story, thriller, Thursday Photo Prompt, tide, victim, waves, Writing, writing prompt

• A MEMORABLE MOMENT

  

  Archie stood contemplating the winter sun set. ‘What a lovely moment,’ Archie sighed. ‘If you say so,’ said Agnes, shivering and stamping her cold feet. ‘Can we go now?’ ‘We could just cross the river here rather than walking all the way back to the bridge,’ Archie suggested. The water level was low. Before Agnes…

  Iain Kelly

  25/10/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  agnes, Archie, comedy, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, funny, humor, humour, literature, mud, rain boots, river, Romance, Short Story, story, sunset, water, wellies, wet, winter, Writing, writing prompt

• THE BURNING MONK

  

  Sayadaw Ashin Nanda bowed his head. A steady stream of vehicles passed by. Drivers stared at the monk. Fingering his prayer beads, he asked for answers. The noise of the city faded into the background. He tried to recall what the scene would have looked like fifty years ago. *** Thích Quảng Đức, the Vietnamese…

  Iain Kelly

  23/10/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Literature, Short Story

  buddhist, creative writing, Fiction, fire, flame, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, God, literature, monk, muslim, myanmar, persecution, politics, prayers, protest, religion, rohingya, saigon, self-immolation, Short Story, south vietnam, story, Thích Quảng Đức, the burning monk, vietnam, vietnam war, war, Writing, writing prompt

• BUT THERE WAS A CRIMINAL

  He felt broken. Battered. Alone. No one believed him. There was no body. But there was a criminal. Out there. A murderer. He was sure of it. Someone had to deliver justice. Him. Written as part of #MicroMondays, hosted by Varad over at Loose End Of The Thread. For more information and to join in…

  Iain Kelly

  23/10/2017

  creative writing, Micro Fiction, Micro Mondays, Short Story

  creative writing, crime, detective, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hunt, justice, literature, Micro Fiction, Micro Mondays, microfiction, murder, noir, samson, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt