Tag: media

• MAYBE IT WAS THE RAIN

  I kept the date. It was our last chance. Your last chance. If you don’t show up this time then I’ll know for sure. Fifteen years since the High School prom. We were perfect. You wanted to be with me. Why should that have changed? So every year, on the anniversary of that evening, I…

  Iain Kelly

  05/10/2022

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  comedy, creative writing, dark, date, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, hurricane, literature, media, rain, Short Story, social, stalker, stood up, story, weather, 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

• THE OPPRESSED

  

  The rain poured down. It was freezing. We stood around waiting. There came the fanfare and we all looked towards the balcony. He appeared, his arm raised, a smile on his face. He was surrounded by acolytes, the same people who had days ago been denouncing him on all media outlets. ‘Hail to the King!…

  Iain Kelly

  19/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, common, coup, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hail, king, leader, literature, media, monarchy, one word challenge, oppressed, oppression, palace, politics, populace, population, power, president, republic, Short Story, story, topical, Writing, writing prompt

• A NEW KIND OF UTOPIA

  

  Lockdown again.Office closed, furlough scheme extended.Legally I cannot do any work if I’ve been furloughed.Stay home, stay safe.Raining outside, and cold. Forget exercise.The freezer is stocked up and more food is being delivered straight to my door.Time for feet up, Netflix on, or maybe a good book.Couple of indulgent snacks and maybe a glass of…

  Iain Kelly

  05/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, 2020, anxiety, covid-19, creative writing, drink, exercise, Fiction, Flash Fiction, food, furlough, literature, lockdown, lonely, media, netflix, news, pandemic, prose poem, Short Story, story, television, utopia, wine, winter, Writing, writing prompt

• THE MINISTRY OF DISTRACTION

  

  ‘What’s it to be today, Sir?’ ‘Options?’ ‘Well, we have the usual of course: immigration outrage, racial injustice, free school meals for the poorest children…’ ‘Stop, stop, stop. Are you mad? All of those can be linked back to me. What else?’ ‘Ah, you want something a bit juicier, more conspiracy theory. How about the…

  Iain Kelly

  28/10/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, brexit, britain, celebrity, creative writing, cycle, Death, disseminate, distraction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flat earthers, immigration, infection, information, injustice, literature, media, news, no deal, one word challenge, pandemic, politics, poverty, public, scandal, school meals, Short Story, Social Media, society, spin, story, united kingdom, Writing, writing prompt