Tag: society

• SHE SECRETLY HOPED

  

  She secretly hoped they wouldn’t find them. Why else would she have hidden them so deliberately? She put on a brave front, pretending to enjoy the hunt. It’ll be fine, they told her. Everyone else was doing it. The stash of pills was duly discovered. Her addictive personality was defenceless. Written as part of #MicroMondays,…

  Iain Kelly

  13/11/2017

  50 Word Fiction, creative writing, Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction, Micro Mondays

  Abuse, addict, addiction, creative writing, drugs, Fiction, Flash Fiction, friends, hidden, literature, Micro Fiction, Micro Mondays, party, peer pressure, recovery, secret, Short Story, society, story, teenage, Writing, writing prompt

• GOOD AND BAD DO EXIST

  

  Good and bad do exist, but rarely are they black and white. The man was guilty of murder. Samson had no qualms about arresting him – the law was the law – but was he a bad man? He had reacted the way most fathers would. An abused child is a bad thing. One less…

  Iain Kelly

  30/10/2017

  creative writing, Micro Fiction, Micro Mondays, Short Story

  61, Abuse, bad, creative writing, detective, evil, Fiction, Flash Fiction, good, literature, Micro Fiction, micro monday, moral, murder, pedophile, philosophy, samson, Short Story, society, story, Writing, writing prompt

• JUST DESERTS

  Frank was drunk. Julia’s leaving party started at 6 in the office with a glass of champagne for everyone. Frank drank half a bottle. While some had headed off home to start their family weekends, others had headed over to the bar across the street. Frank hadn’t been specifically invited, but he tagged along at…

  Iain Kelly

  27/10/2017

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fiction, Short Story

  Bar, chauvanist, comedy, culture, drink, drunk, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fiction, hair, hair weave, humor, humour, just deserts, literature, lyrics, male, Short Story, sick, social, society, story, vomit, women’s lib, Writing, writing prompt

• THE NEW KING

  

  He looked down upon his ragtag army of waifs and strays, born and reared in the streets, just like him. Now they had organisation and purpose. No longer fighting among themselves, no longer squabbling over meagre scraps. He had brought them together, united against their common enemy. From the rooftop he looked at the skyline…

  Iain Kelly

  11/07/2017

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

  army, class, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, king, literature, metropolis, politician, poor, poverty, religion, rich, Short Story, social change, social justice, society, story, strays, street, waif, war, weather, world, Writing, writing prompt

• CLASS SOCIETY

  

  ‘Why do you do it, mother?’ Jennie asked, as her mother tucked her into bed and prepared to return to her guests. ‘Do what, darling?’ ‘The singing.’ ‘What’s wrong with my singing?’ Jennie thought back to the after dinner entertainment. Father sat at the piano, Jennie next to him to turn his pages, and Mother…

  Iain Kelly

  27/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  aristocracy, class, class society, class wars, comedy, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, gentry, humor, humour, literature, nobility, nouveau riche, piano, Short Story, singing, social, society, story, upper class, Writing, writing prompt