Tag: noir

• HERE’S LOOKIN’ AT YOU, KID

  

  ‘We’ve checked everywhere, Sam, it ain’t here,’ said Ruth. I dropped the sledgehammer. ‘Alright Gutman, where is it?’ ‘I told you. Ask Cairo. He knows, not me.’ ‘Cairo’s dead. So’s Archer. You’re responsible. Now cough up the statue.’ ‘Poor Mr. Spade. You’re nothing but a clueless gumshoe.’ ‘The Falcon, where is it?’ I aimed the…

  Iain Kelly

  11/12/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• BE STILL MY BEATING HEART

  

  In the dead of the night. That was how I expected to find her. Dead. As I approached the house, nothing changed my mind. It was still. Still like a house with no one alive in it. I pictured the scene I knew was waiting for me. Her, lying on the floor. Red blood pooling…

  Iain Kelly

  10/10/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  #writephoto, Abuse, blood, chandler, creative writing, dead, defence, detective, drama, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Hammett, house, investigator, Knife, literature, murder, night, noir, private eye, Short Story, still, stillness, story, thriller, Thursday Photo Prompt, Writing, writing prompt

• THE GRAVEDIGGER

  

  This was the tree alright, the dead one with no leaves. Streetlight nearby, no need for the torch I had brought. A night of hard labour ahead, best get to it. Sweat and dirt, clanging metal on rocky, hard ground. Takes longer than you think to dig a deep grave. At three in the morning…

  Iain Kelly

  03/04/2019

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• THE PICTURE ON THE WALL

  

  Another motel, another room, another picture on the wall. This one a broad wearing suspenders changing the tyre on a car. It wasn’t the worst one I’d seen. Too many pillows on the bed. I picked one up and sat it on my lap, my back sat against the huge cushioned headboard. The bedside lamp…

  Iain Kelly

  18/11/2018

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

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• DOG DAY

  

  It’s eyes followed me round the room. An ugly porcelain dog sitting in a doughnut. ‘You want sugar?’ the old lady asked. ‘No, ma’am. Just milk.’ She handed me the cup filled with weak tea. She shuffled to a chair. All the while the damn dog had it’s eye on me. ‘Thanks for letting me…

  Iain Kelly

  27/08/2018

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

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