Tag: pandemic

• A CHANGE OF SCENERY

  

  ‘Are we there yet?’ Archie asked. He was feeling claustrophobic in the hermetically-sealed caravan. Agnes peered out the kitchen window as the countryside whizzed by along the autoroute, ‘Not yet, just passed Paris.’ ‘Maybe we should have picked somewhere closer than the Mediterranean?’ ‘You wanted warm sunshine and the beach.’ Agnes brought the coffee over…

  Iain Kelly

  05/05/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• FALLOUT SHELTER

  

  ‘Come with us, Sir. We need to get you to the fallout bunker right away.’ They grab him by the elbows and steer him down a grey corridor, moving fast. ‘The fallout bunker? Has there been a nuclear attack?’ ‘Not that fallout bunker, Sir. The political fallout bunker.’ ‘Why? What have I done now? Not…

  Iain Kelly

  25/02/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• ROAD TO NOWHERE

  

  They couldn’t be it. After following the track through the forest for three days, this couldn’t be the end. The broken track hung in mid-air. The others looked at him. They were tired, hungry and desperate. And angry. It was Barnaby that challenged him. ‘What now?’ He had no answer. They had trusted him, and…

  Iain Kelly

  10/02/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• GUARDED OPTIMISM

  

  They emerged from their shelters. Some more guarded than others. The younger ones, of course, were more exuberant. They shook hands, hugged and kissed and breathed in the fresh air. I squinted into the light and adjusted my facemask with my gloved hands. We had been told it was safe to come back above ground.…

  Iain Kelly

  28/01/2021

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• NO TROUBLE AT ALL

  

  Alongside temperature checks every time I enter the building, my work are introducing rapid flow Covid-19 testing next week for all staff that have to be in the building. Everyone will also get a proximity alarm that will go off if someone is closer than 2 metres away. The kids are at home and we’ve…

  Iain Kelly

  15/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Non-fiction, Short Story

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