Tag: scotland

• THE RACE

  

  Rain batters off the window. I lie in bed listening to it. It is my favourite sound, until I remember I have to get up and go out. I get up and pull on layers of clothing. Definitely a day for a hat and jacket and gloves. Then into the car, with just a piece…

  Iain Kelly

  17/11/2020

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

  #fowc, bed, covid-19, creative writing, event, exercise, exuberant, Fiction, fitness, Flash Fiction, great scottish run, jogging, literature, mass, miserable, non-fiction, normal, pandemic, participation, race, rain, running, scotland, Short Story, sport, start, story, warm-up, weather, Writing, writing prompt

• THAT UNFAMILIAR FEELING

  

  It’s hard to describe what it is like to be a football supporter of the Scottish National team. Most of the time it is a painful experience. It’s not that we’re bad at football. We invented the game and played in the first ever international match against England. We’ve had some great teams and great…

  Iain Kelly

  13/11/2020

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

  #fowc, #ttc, endorse, euro 2020, european championships, failure, familiar, finals, Flash Fiction, football, glorious, literature, lose, nation, non-fiction, one word challenge, qualifying, rise up, scotland, serbia, Short Story, soccer, sport, stevie clarke, story, success, superstition, Three Things Challenge, unfamiliar, unlucky, win, Writing, writing prompt

• THE DANCE

  

  ‘Yer gonna be late,’ his ma shouted at him from the kitchen. ‘Ahm jist tryin’ tae get masel’ lookin’ right, ma,’ he called back. ‘It’s too late fer that, son,’ she replied, ‘about fifteen years too late.’ She didn’t understand, this was the night he would ask Justine. He should have done it before now.…

  Iain Kelly

  14/05/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, ambition, creative writing, crush, dance, domestic, drama, dream, Fiction, Flash Fiction, future, Glasgow, literature, love, miner, mining, prom, Romance, scotland, Short Story, story, teenager, Thursday Photo Prompt, trapped, university, Writing, writing prompt, young love, youth

• THE HERETIC

  

  The following writings were discovered during renovation work on the keep of Castle Uamhas in the far Western Isles, off the coast of Scotland. It was written on parchment that had been preserved hidden within the stonework of the walls, which have withstood the intolerable climate of those wild islands for more than a thousand…

  Iain Kelly

  16/01/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, belief, castle, cell, creative writing, Death, english, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gaelic, God, heresy, heretic, history, horror, isles, keep, letter, literature, love, museum, note, parchment, prisoner, religion, Romance, scotland, Short Story, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, tragedy, uamhas, western, Writing, writing prompt

• SCOTTISH KINGS

  

  **contains terms which may offend** The Bruce raised his sword high, the driving rain battering against the silver blade, washing away the English blood. The dark clouds that had been the menacing back drop to the battle suddenly parted. Glorious sun shone over the tired and battered survivors. This was his moment. He could think…

  Iain Kelly

  07/02/2019

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

  #writephoto, blade, bruce, contrast, creative writing, crime, culture, duke street, fallen, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Glasgow, history, Knife, literature, past, rab, robert the bruce, scotland, scottish, Short Story, stab, story, sword, Thursday Photo Prompt, violence, Writing, writing prompt