Tag: operation

• OPERATION LOCKDOWN

  

  He tried not to tense. Stay relaxed, but focussed. He was sweating in the warm sun, the droplets of moisture ran into his eyes. He blinked them away and carried on. Almost there. He skilfully removed the bone, held between the small tweezers, from the opening in the arm and when he drew the instrument […]

  Iain Kelly

  11/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, agnes, alarm, Archie, batteries, board game, boredom, comedy, competition, competitive, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, game, humor, humour, literature, lockdown, obssession, operation, Short Story, spare, story, time, tweezers, Writing, writing prompt

• DOUBLE JEOPARDY

  

  Tap, tap, tap. The soft knocking on the door. Laurie pulled herself up from the sofa and glanced in the mirror. What a mess. She had let herself go during lockdown, not that she had made much effort beforehand. She took another swig from the vodka bottle and tried to flatten her hair. She adjusted […]

  Iain Kelly

  23/10/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Three Things Challenge

  #3tc, #fowc, #threethingschallenge, Alcohol, Alcoholic, alcoholism, cancer, creative writing, donor, doorway, drama, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hurt, jeopardize, literature, liver, lockdown, one word challenge, operation, reconcile, Short Story, sister, story, tap, transplant, twin, Writing, writing prompt