Tag: natural

• TIME

  

  Too old. Her back was killing her. She straightened up and stretched. This would be the last year. Next summer she would need to get some help in, or let the garden grow wild. Maybe that was the answer. Time to give up trying to control everything. Time to just go with whatever will be, […]

  Iain Kelly

  09/10/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Three Things Challenge

  #threethingschallenge, 3TC, aging, back, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flower, flowers, garden, gardener, life, literature, natural, Nature, old, Short Story, story, strain, stress, Three Things Challenge, time, Woman, Writing, writing prompt

• CROSS OR CRESCENT

  

  A cross or a crescent, why did it matter? The blood was always red, it ran the same no matter where they sent her. The victims needed the same things no matter what banner flew over their camps. Some chose to find offence in the cross, some in the crescent. All either symbolised was their […]

  Iain Kelly

  20/08/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #amwriting, #writephoto, aid, belief, beliefs, camp, camps, christianity, creative writing, disaster, doctors, faith, Fiction, Flash Fiction, help, islam, literature, natural, nurse, red crescent, red cross, refugees, religion, Short Story, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, tragedy, volunteer, war, Writing, writing prompt

• SUPPLY AND DEMAND

  

  ‘Why the empty shelves?’ ‘I’m reorganising.’ ‘No more processed food?’ ‘Only fruit and vegetables.’ ‘Meat?’ ‘No.’ ‘Chocolate?’ ‘No.’ ‘Sweets?’ ‘No. There is no longer the demand for these things.’ ‘The health drive?’ ‘Tackling obesity.’ ‘I see, uh, you wouldn’t happen to know where I could get my hands a few treats, do you?’ ‘I can’t […]

  Iain Kelly

  04/03/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  black market, business, capitalism, chocolate, creative writing, crisis, deal, demand, diet, drabble, ebook, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, fruit, health, literature, meat, money, natural, obesity, opportunity, read an ebook, sale, Short Story, smashwords, story, sugar, supply, sweets, under the counter, vegan, vegetable, Writing, writing prompt

• FARAWAY, SO CLOSE

  

  Now so calm, so peaceful. Even beautiful. Pink sky and blue clouds reflected in the deep blue water. But she could no longer see beauty in the world. Not here, looking out where the Makassar Strait met the Celebes Sea. The violence of the tsunami was gone now. The serene water held the dead below. […]

  Iain Kelly

  04/10/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  #writephoto, aftermath, circumstance, City, close, creative writing, Death, devastation, disaster, earthquake, fact, faraway, Fiction, Flash Fiction, God, heart, indonesia, life, literature, loss, natural, ocean, orphan, palu, sea, Short Story, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, tragedy, tsunami, Writing, writing prompt

• NATURAL BEHAVIOUR

  

  Melinda trembled as she dialled the number. She bit her finger nails, holding the ‘phone to her ear, praying she would answer. Out the window she watched Indigo and Lake running round the garden. They seemed so happy, but… The voicemail service answered. She swore and hung up, then re-dialled. ‘Come on,’ she muttered. This […]

  Iain Kelly

  05/08/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

  behaviour, behavioural science, bunny, child, childhood, children, creative writing, dark, Death, doctor, evil, explore, Fiction, Flash Fiction, humor, humour, kill, learned, literature, murder, natural, Nature, parenting, parents, play, psychologist, rabbit, Short Story, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, worry, Writing, writing prompt