Tag: sleep

• MR. VORACIOUS

  

  He decided: from now on, whatever it was, he was going to do it voraciously. That’s what they said about all these successful people: Musk and Jobs and Bezos, they were obsessives and workaholics. Work hard, play hard. That was how to get ahead. So he would work longer hours and stop taking breaks and…

  Iain Kelly

  04/12/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, addiction, binge, character, comedy, creative writing, drinking, driven, drugs, eating, entrepreneur, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gambling, humor, humour, lifestyle, literature, running, sex, shopping, Short Story, sketch, sleep, story, voracious, work, Writing, writing prompt

• A LITTLE FESTIVE EXCESS

  

  ‘Room for one more?’ Hank slurred cheerily, lifting his wide posterior into the small bus. He crammed into a seat. The driver jumped out into the traffic, angry horns blared. Kaleidoscopic lights blurred. Sudden stops. Chaotic traffic. Sweat and body odour. He felt the beer sloshing around in his stomach. A little excess again, but…

  Iain Kelly

  04/12/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  abduction, abroad, bus, christmas, creative writing, drabble, dream, drunk, excess, festive, Fiction, Flash Fiction, foriegn, Friday Fictioneers, Knife, literature, mugging, murder, party, Short Story, sleep, story, stupor, Writing, writing prompt

• PEACE AT LAST

  

  Agnes lay awake staring at the roof of the tent. She gave Archie a nudge. ‘What now?’ he grumbled. ‘Don’t you hear that?’ ‘I didn’t hear anything.’ Archie rolled over. ‘This wasn’t what I had in mind when you said you had a surprise planned.’ A strange howl sounded in the distance. ‘Was that a…

  Iain Kelly

  30/11/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  camping, creative writing, darkness, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, holiday, humor, humour, literature, night, peace, relationships, Short Story, sleep, story, tent, wolf