Tag: New year

• STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

  He had pulled himself up from the gutter, from the place where the only options was to rise or die. He kicked the addictions, beaten the disease, climbed each painful step through the trash and rubbish and litter of his broken life. Now he had made it back, back to the light, to the world, […]

  Iain Kelly

  04/01/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• STATIONARY STATIONERY

  

  New Year. New me.Resolutions. Not new ones. The same ones as last year, but this time I’m going to stick to them. Get up, get moving, shift the pounds, feel the burn. No more lounging around the house in pyjamas. Dress for success. Productivity is the key. New stationery organised. Ready for work. Not sure […]

  Iain Kelly

  06/01/2021

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• EXTENDED VACATION

  

  Archie strolled back from the shop, newspaper under his arm. Another fine Mediterranean morning. In the campervan, Agnes was still in bed. Archie settled down in his seat to read the headlines. Iran had retaliated against America with missile fire. A commercial aeroplane had gone down. He turned the page. Bush fires in Australia. Not […]

  Iain Kelly

  08/01/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• CIRCUMVENTING

  

  The crane landed easily in the shallow water. He watched the bird strut along, after every few steps it bobbed it’s head in the water, plucking an unsuspecting fish into it’s mouth. Lying on the deck of his yacht, Scott breathed in the warm air. A breeze coming across the bay gave a pleasant counterbalance […]

  Iain Kelly

  02/01/2018

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• YEAR OF THE FIRE ROOSTER

  

  ‘Hell of a way to start the new year.’ Samson looked round the room. Everything was red. Decorations, walls, the clothes on the victim, the pool of blood on the floor, the spatter of blood on the wall. ‘It’s the contradiction, you see?’ Cheng explained. ‘The colour red. Chinese New Year is celebrated with the […]

  Iain Kelly

  23/01/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

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