Tag: poor

• ROOTS

  

  Ma roots is in Barbados, so ma Mama tells me all d’time. ‘Yo was born there, Ah was born there, yo grandaddy was born there. Dat’s where yo is from.’ Funny ting is, Ah feel no connection to dat far off place at all. We left there when Ah wasn’t even one year old, part…

  Iain Kelly

  09/05/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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• TICK-TOCK

  

  ‘Tick-tock, tick-tock,’ went the clock. ‘Time’s up! Time’s up!’ cried the People. ‘No more! No more!’ chanted the Poor. Save me! Save me!’ weeped the Earth. ‘Me Too! Me Too!’ screamed the Victims. Louder and louder the voices grew. Higher and higher the echos reached. Some of the Powerful fell on the sword of justice.…

  Iain Kelly

  12/09/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• REALITY TV

  

  The television crew followed them through the narrow hallway and into the small lounge. ‘Welcome to my humble abode,’ Maggie opened her arms with a winning smile. The camera caught the look of disgust on Lady Carrington’s face as she surveyed the room. Ashtrays filled with cigarette stubs, used tissues and dirty plates littered every…

  Iain Kelly

  15/08/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• BLACK GOLD

  

  ‘This is it?’ Hank spat. ‘What the hell is this?’ ‘Ain’t no pot of gold, that’s for sure.’ Kurt answered. ‘A goddamn shack in the middle of a goddamn wilderness. I done told you chasing rainbows was an idiot idea.’ ‘You’re right, Hank. I should’ve listened.’ They stood kicking loose dirt. The rain stopped, the…

  Iain Kelly

  15/01/2018

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

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• THE NEW KING

  

  He looked down upon his ragtag army of waifs and strays, born and reared in the streets, just like him. Now they had organisation and purpose. No longer fighting among themselves, no longer squabbling over meagre scraps. He had brought them together, united against their common enemy. From the rooftop he looked at the skyline…

  Iain Kelly

  11/07/2017

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

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