Tag: Short Story

• HE NEVER LEFT

  Heading downtown, with a one way ticket out of here. Nothing left for me in this one-horse town. It’s time to go and find my fortune elsewhere. This is my destiny. ‘Yo, Mikey!’ Who’s that at the window? Julie? Man, she is hot, even in tracksuit bottoms and wet hair. ‘Hey, Julie.’ ‘Where you headin’?’ […]

  Iain Kelly

  01/02/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  balcony, creative writing, destiny, fate, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, juliet, literature, love, Romance, romeo, shakespeare, Short Story, story, window, Writing, writing prompt, youth

• CAN’T SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES

  ‘There,’ Archie called, as he swept up the final leaf and dropped it in the bin. ‘Will you come in now?’ Agnes called, her voice rising over the howling gusts of wind. ‘It’s nothing but a strong breeze. Doesn’t it feel better to have the garden clean and pristine?’ ‘Does it matter? The forecast says […]

  Iain Kelly

  25/01/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  agnes, agnes and archie, Archie, comedy, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, literal, literature, metaphor, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt

• IN A SPIN

  He tried to contain his temper as he repeated the same argument into the telephone. ‘I stood in the store with your sales representative and pointed out the exact model I wanted.’ ‘And that’s the model you have,’ the manager explained. ‘Yes, but in white, not pink. Pink doesn’t match the rest of my kitchen. […]

  Iain Kelly

  18/01/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• BABYLONIA DENIED

  The sat nav assured him he was still on the best route. The straight road seemed to roll on endlessly. Looming trees hemmed him in on either side. ‘In fifty yards, take the left turn onto the B436, Babylon Street.’ Babylon Street? He had never heard of that one. Named after the ancient city, perhaps? […]

  Iain Kelly

  11/01/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

  He had pulled himself up from the gutter, from the place where the only options was to rise or die. He kicked the addictions, beaten the disease, climbed each painful step through the trash and rubbish and litter of his broken life. Now he had made it back, back to the light, to the world, […]

  Iain Kelly

  04/01/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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