Tag: Short Story

• BUDGET SPACE TRAVEL

  

  The train arrived at Prestwick Spaceport, built adjoining the airport. The heavy spacesuit made the short walk to the terminal difficult for Frank, the boots weighed him down. Since watching an astronaut talk to his school class from the Space Station forty years ago, Frank had dreamed of travelling in space. He had bought the…

  Iain Kelly

  12/03/2017

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

  Civilian, comedy, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, future, humor, humour, literature, Middle-aged, Prestwick, Short Story, Space, Space tourism, Space travel, Spaceport, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, Writing, writing prompt

• GOD BLESS THE CAUSE FOR WHICH I DIE

  The St. Patrick’s Day celebrations were over. An old drunk started singing ‘The Dying Rebel.’ ‘I never would have thought those songs would be anything but historical,’ said the red-haired woman. ‘I never thought they’d put up a border posts across Ireland again,’ the man replied. He looked at the woman. ‘We need to make…

  Iain Kelly

  11/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

  America, bomb, border, brexit, britain, consequences, creative writing, Dublin, europe, european union, Fiction, Flash Fiction, ireland, literature, northern ireland, politics, republican, Short Story, st patrick’s day, story, terrorism, the dying rebel, the troubles, war, What Pegman Saw, Writing, writing prompt

• PLAGUE

  

  Angie came running in with her prisoner trapped inside the jar. ‘Look what I got, Mum.’ Mum was too busy scrubbing dust out of the clothes. ‘Look what I caught, Dad.’ Dad was too busy in the barn, shoeing the horse. Angie sat on the stoop. ‘Not one of them is interested.’ She watched the…

  Iain Kelly

  08/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  creative writing, Crops, family, Farm, Farmers, Farming, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Insects, literature, Locusts, Plague, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt

• THE PIANIST’S SET LIST

  A typical midweek night in the hotel bar. The usual collection of travelling business men and insipid locals. I stuck to the set list, occasionally adding a meagre jazz interlude. Gwen was sitting at the bar. Her cheap perfume stank the place out, the attempt at an alluring red dress screamed desperation. By eleven it was deserted. Behind…

  Iain Kelly

  06/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  Bar, creative writing, crime, Death, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, hotel, literature, mood piece, murder, noir, pianist, piano, prostitute, set list, setlist, Short Story, story, town, Writing, writing prompt

• OBSESSION

  I watch the fire fading in the chiminea, poking at the dying embers with a stick. Three in the morning and the party was winding down. Everyone else had gone inside half an hour ago. Beth had gone inside, with Daniel’s arm draped round her shoulders. I wish it could have been me in Daniel’s…

  Iain Kelly

  05/03/2017

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

  chiminea, creative writing, dark, disturbed, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hammer, jealousy, Knife, literature, murder, obssession, party, pathological, psychological, psychopath, revenge, Short Story, stalker, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, torture, violence, Writing, writing prompt