Tag: nemesis

• NEMESIS AND THE BEAUTY QUEEN

  

  She checked behind her. The dilapidated shack stood there. She looked back at the mirror. The shack was reflected in it. The mirror seemed to work as a mirror should. She bent down and peered into, her breath clouded the smooth surface, but still the mirror did not show her reflection. She pinched herself, poked…

  Iain Kelly

  29/08/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  appearance, ardour, beauty, beauty queen, celebrity, creative writing, drabble, emotional, fantasy, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Gods, greek, internal, literature, magical, mirror, myth, narcissus, nemesis, refelction, Short Story, skin, story, ugly, vain, vanity, Writing, writing prompt

• NEMESIS

  

  I stared at my nemesis. Last night I had thrown the chair into the lake, shouting ‘good riddance’ as I heaved it as far as I could. I heard the splash in the dark. Overnight the lake had frozen. This morning there it was, sitting upright. Waiting for me. Mum saw me looking out the window.…

  Iain Kelly

  08/02/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  chair, comedy, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, frozen, humour, Karma, lake, literature, nemesis, Short Story, story, Writing