Tag: miner

• THE DANCE

  

  ‘Yer gonna be late,’ his ma shouted at him from the kitchen. ‘Ahm jist tryin’ tae get masel’ lookin’ right, ma,’ he called back. ‘It’s too late fer that, son,’ she replied, ‘about fifteen years too late.’ She didn’t understand, this was the night he would ask Justine. He should have done it before now.…

  Iain Kelly

  14/05/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• WHEREVER I LAY MY CAP

  

  They sat finishing their beers as the sun dipped behind the tenements. ‘See you in the mornin’,’ said Malky. ‘See you,’ replied Frank. They would be up before the sun, dragging themselves back down the pit for another shift. A metal bin clattered. Angry voices came from a top floor window. That would be McPeters…

  Iain Kelly

  13/05/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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