Tag: siblings

• SIGHTSEEING IN THAILAND

  

  ‘It’s not a race!’ called Somchai. Lamai redoubled her efforts, breaking into as much of a sprint as she could muster while pulling the occupied rickshaw. ‘Watch out for the hole!’ She swerved in front of him, the rickshaw threatening to topple over. Somchai took evasive action to avoid careening into the back of her.…

  Iain Kelly

  19/07/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• MOTHER

  ‘Hey, sis. Who’s strangling the cat?’ ‘I got her one for her birthday. Decorated it like her old one.’ ‘Did she recognise it?’ ‘She recognises less and less. She probably won’t recognise you.’ ‘You remember how she used to play?’ ‘Every night, while we were going to sleep.’ ‘Bach, wasn’t it? Her favourite.’ ‘The Chaconne…

  Iain Kelly

  29/03/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• BROTHERS

  

  Every Sunday through that summer at eleven they had sat on the same bench, Patrice and his younger brother Henri, waiting while their parents attended church. At five past eleven the fountain would spring into life as the gardener, Hervé, turned it on. Father gave them a toy boat to sail around the pond. On the warmest…

  Iain Kelly

  11/06/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

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