Tag: ride

• THE BALLOON

  

  Here he comes, full of bluster, just like his president. He wasn’t ruining the holiday exactly, but every time that bellowing voice approached the pool area, the patrons visibly slumped. ‘Mornin’ y’all!’ He hefted his great bulk onto a lounger. ‘S’cuse me, boy! A little refreshment over here!’ The pool boy reluctantly answered the beckoning…

  Iain Kelly

  10/06/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR

  

  Jess watched the children. Smiling, waving , spinning. Shouts of glee filled the air. Behind the music and laughter the metal gears of the amusement ride clanked and creaked. Hearing that mechanical jolt Jess froze, staring into the past and hearing the screams. A flash of twisted metal, upturned carriages, sirens. ‘You okay?’ her mother…

  Iain Kelly

  17/01/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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