Tag: opening

• EASING RESTRICTIONS

  

  Green for Go. The hustle and bustle. The crowded market. The anxiety. Tell yourself they’ve all been vaccinated. Tell yourself the numbers are small. Faces unmasked. Breathing. Germs. Raw meat. Sweating. Palpitations. Get out. An open street and space. Relax, everything is normal. The green signal flashes. Step out onto the road. The driver doesn’t […]

  Iain Kelly

  07/04/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  anxiety, creative writing, crowd, danger, Death, drabble, drug, easing, end, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, green, life, lights, literature, lockdown, market, masks, new normal, normal, opening, overdose, people, red, relax, restrictions, risk, Short Story, story, traffic, up, vaccine, valium, Writing, writing prompt

• LAUNCH DAY

  

  They were about ten cars from the front now. They should get a space on the next ferry. They watched the lucky ones on the departing ship disappear from view. ‘How long have we got?’ She glanced at her watch. ‘Half an hour. We should make it.’ ‘Any word from Artie?’ ‘They made it across. […]

  Iain Kelly

  13/08/2018

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

  anticipation, apple, comedy, consumerism, creative writing, crossing, fans, ferry, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, gadget, humor, humour, iphone, island, launch, life, literature, mainland, material, modern, must-have, obsessed, opening, queue, Short Story, smartphone, society, store, story, world, Writing, writing prompt

• THE ELEPHANT’S ARSE

  

  ‘This, ladies and gentlemen, is the new exhibit I am most proud of.’ The group of dignitaries, sponsors and critics gathered round, those at the back craning their necks to get a clearer view. Hans Schiedt was extremely proud of the natural life museum he had been brought in to reinvigorate. The old building had […]

  Iain Kelly

  13/05/2018

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

  arse, ass, bum, childish, comedy, creative writing, critics, elephant, Fiction, Flash Fiction, history, humor, humour, interactive, literature, modern, Modernisation, museum, natural, opening, poo, shit, Short Story, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, toilet humour, Writing, writing prompt