Tag: macabre

• FAMILY REMAINS

  

  After Dad had passed away, it fell to Dave to empty out the family home. In the garden shed, Dave looked at the collection of oil cans. There was no use for them now and they weren’t worth anything. He picked up one and opened the lid. There wasn’t oil inside, it was something else.…

  Iain Kelly

  28/11/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  cover up, creative writing, Death, drabble, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, hidden, life, literature, macabre, murder, oil cans, past, secret, serial killer, shed, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt

• CÂINE

  ‘What is it?’ Gheorghe asked, poking at the pieces with the end of his pen. ‘Bones, stripped bare of any flesh.’ answered Mihaela, the forensic officer in charge of the scene. ‘Human?’ ‘Canine.’ Small blessing, Gheorghe thought. He had worked for the UN at the end of the Bosnian war. He had seen mass graves…

  Iain Kelly

  12/12/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

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