Tag: short

• A NEW FREEDOM

  

  Invigorating was one way to describe it. Freedom. A weight lifted. A new start. The rest of his life starting now. He put the sledgehammer down. All that remained of his laptop, PC, tablet and smartphone was a mangled, twisted pile of metal and plastic. His past life, his identity – trashed. He turned his […]

  Iain Kelly

  18/02/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, computer, contact, creative writing, fict, Flash Fiction, freedom, human, invigorating, laptop, letting go, life, literature, machine, modern, outside, pressure, short, smartphone, story, stress, tablet, trash, Writing, writing prompt

• A FUTILE LIFE

  

  It was time to give up. Admit defeat. Accept the desolation. The whole thing was futile. Life was futile. It was just another thing, on top of everything else, that made him angry about this year. A year of pandemic, riots, protests, more Brexit, more Trump, more Boris. Was it no wonder the country was […]

  Iain Kelly

  25/09/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Three Things Challenge

  #threethingschallenge, 2020, 3TC, brexit, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, futile, humiliation, humor, humour, literature, mad, pandemic, panic, panic buying, short, Short Story, story, supermarket, tall, Three Things Challenge, toilet paper, toilet roll, top shelf, Writing, writing prompt

• THE UNIVERSAL

  

  Twilight feel, artificial light, woozy head. Almost home, such a nice night. Drinks, laughs, good times. Shared smiles with him again, dancing, brief contact. Should’ve made that move? A cloud of a missed opportunity. Park bench, take a seat, lie down. Staring up at the stars, the whole universe out there. Nothing to do in […]

  Iain Kelly

  02/10/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  #amwriting, boy, consciousness, creative writing, dancing, drabble, drama, drunk, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, girl, life, literature, love, people, Romance, short, Short Story, stream, thoughts, touch, twilight, universe, Woman, Writing, writing prompt

• SURVIVORS

  

  Billy sat on top of the hill looking down on the town where he had grown up. The filling station was the only building with lights on. From here it was as though nothing had changed. Two grey warships sat out at sea. Soon he would return to one of them and spend another few […]

  Iain Kelly

  22/11/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  action, alien, dark, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Humanity, invasion, lights, literature, metaphor, night, science fiction, short, Short Story, story, sunset, survivors, suspense, thriller, warships

• SHADOWS FROM THE PAST

  

  Frankie stood waiting in the dark gloom. He pulled his jacket collar up as the cold air bit into his face. Looking across the black river there was a concert on at the new hall which was lit up in luminous red, pink and orange. The sweeping lights cast colourful shadows that reflected on the water and […]

  Iain Kelly

  13/10/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Literature, Short Story

  childhood, creative writing, crime, experience, fact, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Glasgow, glasgow garden festival, imagination, memory, murder, river, river clyde, short, Short Story, Writing, Writing Exercise