Tag: Species

• SURVIVAL

  

  I tried not to vomit as I peeled the fetid sock away from my foot. It came off in tattered patches, stuck to the putrid flesh underneath. The pain was excruciating. I had to look. It wasn’t my foot any longer. I didn’t recognise it. It was just a lump of red-purple meat. There were…

  Iain Kelly

  30/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, action, alien, Bones, creative writing, Death, drama, earth, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flesh, foot, hill, human, hunt, injury, invasion, kill, literature, mountain, putrid, sci-fi, science fiction, sentinel, Short Story, skin, Species, story, survival, thriller, Writing, writing prompt

• EVOLUTION

  

  IN THE APARTMENT ‘When did you last see your baby?’ ‘I went into the kitchen to collect her food. When I came back, she and the chair were gone.’ ‘You think someone stole the chair and kidnapped your child?’ ‘I don’t know!’ ‘Alright, Ma’am, keep calm.’ ON THE STREET ‘Dispatch, this is Officer 423. We’ve…

  Iain Kelly

  16/09/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• THE BUTTERFLY FARMER

  

  ‘That really works?’ I asked pointing at the patterned umbrella. ‘It seems to draw them out.’ ‘Besides from look nice, what do butterflies do anyway?’ ‘They pollinate, they control other insect numbers, they indicate a healthy environment.’ A Red Admiral with it’s black and orange wings fluttered around us. The old lady swooshed her net…

  Iain Kelly

  03/07/2018

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

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• THE LAST SNOW LEOPARD

  

  He had been waiting an eternity for a glimpse of the almost mythical creature that lived in the mountains in Asia. Seeing it on film was one thing, the chance to see one alive was something else. And time was running out – this old male was the last one left. A hush of wind…

  Iain Kelly

  14/01/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

  camera, conservation, creative writing, Endangered, Extinction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, literature, Nature, photography, Safari, Short Story, Snow leopard, Species, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, Wildlife, Writing, writing prompt, Zoo, Zoology