Tag: noir

• A STRANGER FROM THE CITY

  

  Thierry flicked over the page of Le Monde and glanced at the headlines. A fly lazily buzzed around the room, the only sound and movement. Another slow day at Hotel Napoleon. Madame Dunois was the sole guest. She would be asleep until the evening meal. The door opened. Thierry looked across the reception. A man in…

  Iain Kelly

  03/05/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  black, creative writing, crime, Fiction, Flash Fiction, France, Friday Fictioneers, gangster, hotel, literature, moll, murder, noir, past, revenge, rural, Short Story, story, thriller, Writing, writing prompt

• MOTHER’S DAY

  

  Mum stopped on the wooden causeway. The wind swept the water over the sides, lapping at our feet. Through the grey mist, a man stood. He wore a grey fedora and trench coat. Mum put her arms round my shoulders as he approached. ‘You shouldn’t have taken the kid. He might have let you go,…

  Iain Kelly

  26/03/2017

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

  causeway, creative writing, crime, defiant, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gangster, grey, gun, Knife, literature, mother, mother’s day, mum, noir, Short Story, stab, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, Woman, Writing, writing prompt

• THE PIANIST’S SET LIST

  A typical midweek night in the hotel bar. The usual collection of travelling business men and insipid locals. I stuck to the set list, occasionally adding a meagre jazz interlude. Gwen was sitting at the bar. Her cheap perfume stank the place out, the attempt at an alluring red dress screamed desperation. By eleven it was deserted. Behind…

  Iain Kelly

  06/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  Bar, creative writing, crime, Death, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, hotel, literature, mood piece, murder, noir, pianist, piano, prostitute, set list, setlist, Short Story, story, town, Writing, writing prompt

• 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

  blood, china, chinatown, chinese new year, creative writing, detective fiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, literature, murder, New year, noir, red, rooster, serial killer, Short Story, story, Writing, year of the rooster

• LAST ORDERS

  The result of a writing exercise from a course I took recently – given the first sentence, extrapolate a page of fiction writing. LAST ORDERS            He lifted his head from his drinking, as cattle do, and looked at me vaguely. His large, dark, empty eyes reinforced the bovine similitude. He didn’t…

  Iain Kelly

  29/07/2016

  Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, Writing Exercise

  Bar, Bartender, Fiction, First Sentence, Flash Fiction, Last Orders, noir, Short Story, Writing, Writing Exercise