Tag: metaphorical

• IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY

  

  ‘We’ve been here before,’ she said. She didn’t just meant the roundabout they were passing for the fifth time. They were hopelessly lost. He promised each time that he would change. This time she needed to take a new direction. She needed to get off this emotional merry-go-round for good. ‘We’ve tried every exit,’ she…

  Iain Kelly

  27/11/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  analogy, betrayal, car, creative writing, directions, drabble, drama, exit, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, infidelity, life, literal, literature, marriage, metaphor, metaphorical, paths, relationship, roads, roundabout, sex, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt

• NO ENTRY

  

  An endless wall. In the middle a black door. In front of it signs reading: ‘No Entry.’ ‘If no-one is allowed to enter, why have a door at all?’ Qiáng asked. ‘So that those on the other side can expel people out.’ Mǐn replied. ‘So it is an exit only?’ Mǐn shook her head and smiled. ‘It…

  Iain Kelly

  20/08/2018

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

  barrier, boundaries, creative writing, door, entry, evil, exclusion, exit, extradition, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, good, immigration, inclusion, inequality, kingdom, literal, literature, metaphorical, opportunity, refugee, Short Story, story, wall, Writing, writing prompt