Tag: scenery

• 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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• A TRUE SCOTSMAN

  ‘Bagpipes aren’t even a Scottish invention.’ ‘But they are the Scottish instrument.’ ‘No one in Scotland goes around dressed in kilts.’ ‘No-one?’ ‘Okay, the odd bloke might, but he smells of whiskey and urine and people steer clear of him.’ ‘The American tourists love this stuff.’ ‘Do you really think Scots wear tartan everyday?’ ‘I’ve…

  Iain Kelly

  09/09/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

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• DARK CLOUDS

  

  One final effort and he would make it to the ridge that ran along the top of the mountain. His mind had been so clear that morning, filled with only the thought of scaling the hill. But as he had ascended, the worries of his life had crept in again. The company was going under.…

  Iain Kelly

  01/03/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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