Tag: panic

• QUARANTINE

  

  They nicknamed it ‘Christmas Island’ after the notorious isle off the coast of Australia that had been used to quarantine people centuries ago. An area the size of Wyoming, shrouded in winter. No one knew how long the lockdown would last. Food and medicine parcels were parachuted in, but supplies were dwindling. Paranoia abounded. A…

  Iain Kelly

  29/01/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  christmas island, Cold, creative writing, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flu, food, Friday Fictioneers, influenza, literature, pandemic, panic, paranoia, quarantine, Short Story, snow, spread, story, supplies, virus, water, winter, Writing, writing prompt

• THE DAILY POST: DISAPPEAR

  ‘Sammy,’ he shouted now, more desperate. Other parents stared, two or three came over to him, looking concerned, willing to help. He tried to explain to them, his words were shrill and panicked, ‘He was right here, right here, at the slide, I had his hand, and then I turned for a second and he…

  Iain Kelly

  22/05/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, The Daily Post

  abduction, child, creative writing, daily post, disappear, Fiction, Flash Fiction, grief, life, literature, loss, mental illness, missing, nightmare, panic, parent, park, prompt, PTSD, Short Story, spring, story, stress, The Daily Post, Writing, writing prompt