Tag: Social Media

• A BLOGGING BREAK

  

  After almost five years of writing short fiction and a few other pieces, I’ve decided to take a break from writing regularly on my blog for a while. I will still post updates on various other writing projects, including my latest novel, which I hope to release in some form later this year. You can…

  Iain Kelly

  14/05/2021

  creative writing, Literature, Non-fiction, novel, Social Media, Writing

  announcement, blog, break, links, relax, rest, Social Media

• FALLOUT SHELTER

  

  ‘Come with us, Sir. We need to get you to the fallout bunker right away.’ They grab him by the elbows and steer him down a grey corridor, moving fast. ‘The fallout bunker? Has there been a nuclear attack?’ ‘Not that fallout bunker, Sir. The political fallout bunker.’ ‘Why? What have I done now? Not…

  Iain Kelly

  25/02/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, blogger, bunker, comedy, comments, coup, creative writing, fallout, Fiction, Flash Fiction, humor, humour, journalist, literature, nuclear, pandemic, political, politics, shelter, Short Story, Social Media, society, story, Writing, writing prompt

• THE LOSING BATTLE

  

  ‘I don’t want to be pedantic, but that isn’t what happened.’ ‘It was, I heard it with my own ears.’ ‘Right, but factually, that isn’t what happened. Who did you hear it from?’ ‘A guy I know that was there.’ ‘Could he maybe have made it up, or not got the full story? Because, again,…

  Iain Kelly

  21/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, battle, creative writing, dangerous, disappointing, disillusionment, facts, falsehood, Fiction, Flash Fiction, lies, literature, losing, media, pedagogue, pedant, pedantic, pediatric, reporting, rumour, Short Story, Social Media, story, twitter, Writing, writing prompt

• THE MINISTRY OF DISTRACTION

  

  ‘What’s it to be today, Sir?’ ‘Options?’ ‘Well, we have the usual of course: immigration outrage, racial injustice, free school meals for the poorest children…’ ‘Stop, stop, stop. Are you mad? All of those can be linked back to me. What else?’ ‘Ah, you want something a bit juicier, more conspiracy theory. How about the…

  Iain Kelly

  28/10/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, brexit, britain, celebrity, creative writing, cycle, Death, disseminate, distraction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flat earthers, immigration, infection, information, injustice, literature, media, news, no deal, one word challenge, pandemic, politics, poverty, public, scandal, school meals, Short Story, Social Media, society, spin, story, united kingdom, Writing, writing prompt

• CLOUDED JUDGEMENT

  

  I stood in front of the bench. The sentencing judge peered down at me with a look of disgust. ‘Do you have anything to say in mitigation before sentencing?’ he asked. My solicitor had advised me against saying anything: ‘Just accept the punishment. You were found guilty. The judge will frown upon excuses.’ But I…

  Iain Kelly

  13/08/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #amwriting, #writephoto, clouded, comedy, creative writing, entertainment, exposure, face mask, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hits, humor, humour, indecent, judge, judgement, literature, macarena, modern, nonsense, public indecency, Short Story, Social Media, story, taste, Thursday Photo Prompt, tiktok, Writing, writing prompt, YouTube