Tag: mess

• PICKING UP THE PIECES

  

  She stared at the wreckage. The clean-up task would be huge. Enormous. Gargantuan. Would she be able to do it? Did she have a choice? No one was going to help her. She would have to do it on her own. It was her responsibility, and she had no one else to blame. She stood […]

  Iain Kelly

  06/02/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, sammiscribbles, Short Story

  children, clean, comedy, creative writing, daughter, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gargantuan, housework, humor, humour, kids, life, literature, mess, messy, parenting, room, sammiscribbles, Short Story, story, task, tidy, Writing, writing prompt

• STILL

  

  A glorious morning. Clear blue sky, the water still, the grass fresh. It was exactly the sort of scene that had convinced them to buy the house. But the spring colours and sun-kissed fields hid the tumult of the previous night. The storm had raged across the whole country for twenty four hours. The deluge […]

  Iain Kelly

  20/02/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, banks, burst, clean, country, creative writing, defences, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flood, house, insurance, literature, mess, Nature, plain, rain, river, Short Story, still, storm, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, topical, water, weather, Writing, writing prompt

• THRESHOLDS

  

  This was far enough. He had reached the limit of his strength. The tide would come in and fill the cave within a few hours and wash away his tracks and any traces of evidence. He gave the sack one last heave and let it flop to the ground. He looked back and made sure […]

  Iain Kelly

  04/04/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  #writephoto, black humor, cave, clean, creative writing, dark comedy, dog, domestic, Fiction, Flash Fiction, kill, literature, mess, murder, pet, puppy, rescue, sack, Short Story, story, threshold, Thursday Photo Prompt, tide, Writing, writing prompt

• REALITY TV

  

  The television crew followed them through the narrow hallway and into the small lounge. ‘Welcome to my humble abode,’ Maggie opened her arms with a winning smile. The camera caught the look of disgust on Lady Carrington’s face as she surveyed the room. Ashtrays filled with cigarette stubs, used tissues and dirty plates littered every […]

  Iain Kelly

  15/08/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  celebrity, class, cleaner, creative writing, culture, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, have, have not, life, literature, mess, poor, porn, poverty, real, reality, rich, Short Story, society, story, television, Writing, writing prompt