Tag: sister

• DOUBLE JEOPARDY

  

  Tap, tap, tap. The soft knocking on the door. Laurie pulled herself up from the sofa and glanced in the mirror. What a mess. She had let herself go during lockdown, not that she had made much effort beforehand. She took another swig from the vodka bottle and tried to flatten her hair. She adjusted…

  Iain Kelly

  23/10/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Three Things Challenge

  #3tc, #fowc, #threethingschallenge, Alcohol, Alcoholic, alcoholism, cancer, creative writing, donor, doorway, drama, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hurt, jeopardize, literature, liver, lockdown, one word challenge, operation, reconcile, Short Story, sister, story, tap, transplant, twin, Writing, writing prompt

• AN ACT OF MERCY

  

  His face was as stony as the rocky outcrop at the top of the hill. I wondered if his heart was made of similar granite. Since Mum had passed he hadn’t shed a tear. My sisters and I had gathered round, reminiscing, watching old family films, looking through old photographs. We laughed at the memories,…

  Iain Kelly

  26/07/2018

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

  #writephoto, ashes, assisted, creative writing, Death, dementia, dying, euthanasia, family, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, life, literature, memories, mercy, mother, murder, old age, outcrop, rock, scattering, selfish, selfless, Short Story, sister, stone, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, Writing, writing prompt

• LITTLE SISTER

  Daniel placed the doll carefully on top of the pile. He struck the match and held it next to the teddy bear. The flame grew. It consumed all the toys. When his mother came running out the house it was too late. *** ‘Why did you burn your sister’s toys, Daniel?’ his father asked him that…

  Iain Kelly

  31/05/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  bereavement, brother, cot death, creative writing, Death, doll, family, Fiction, fire, flame, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, grief, literature, Short Story, SIDS, sister, story, sudden infant death syndrome, teddy bear, toys, Writing, writing prompt