Tag: social care

• SIGN YOUR NAME

  

  ‘Add your name.’ There wasn’t much space left on the walls. What had once been grey concrete was now covered in garish name-tags. I found a small corner. ‘Not there,’ Marguerite stopped me. ‘Front and centre.’ ‘There’s no space.’ ‘There’s always room for one more.’ The old lady pointed to a spot in the middle […]

  Iain Kelly

  20/04/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  bond, creative writing, culture, drug, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, gang, grafetti, lady, literature, name, old, promise, reform, reformation, Short Story, social care, spray, story, welfare, Woman, word, Writing, writing prompt, youth

• ESTABLISHED PROCEDURE

  

  Up at seven on the dot. Hop into the shower, towel dry, throw on my uniform. Pop a slice of bread in the toaster, spoon on some jam (no clean knives again!), browse the morning headlines. Bag packed, ready to leave at eight on the button. Door opens, out I go, along the corridor and […]

  Iain Kelly

  13/02/2019

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  asylum, buzz, creative writing, depression, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, health, learning, literature, medication, mental, morning, noise, nurse, personality, pill, procedure, psychology, quiet, routine, safety, schizophrenia, school, Short Story, smile, social care, story, violence, welfare, Writing, writing prompt