Tag: spring

• ALLEVIATE 2020

  

  They needed something to alleviate the boredom. The dark nights were creeping in, the weather was turning towards wintery and the numbers were rising again. Christmas was all they had to look forward to, and it looked like it would be cancelled. They had the same thought at the same moment. ‘Can we?’ ‘Should we?’ […]

  Iain Kelly

  22/10/2020

  creative writing

  #fowc, 2020, alleviate, apocalypse, creative writing, dark comedy, fandango, Fiction, Flash Fiction, humor, humour, literature, meteor, one word challenge, pandemic, Short Story, Space, spring, story, strike, time machine, time travel, winter, Writing, writing prompt

• THE LAST BELL TOLLS

  

  A carpet of bluebells heralded the spring, rebirth and growth surrounded them. They lay among the flowers in the sunlight that blazed through the forest canopy, enjoying the intimate closeness of their bodies next to each other. ‘I’ve missed this,’ the girl murmured, her hands roaming across his chest and stomach. ‘Me too,’ the boy […]

  Iain Kelly

  09/04/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• FINISH THE STORY – AFTER THE LONG HARD WINTER – Part Five

  

  This is another Finish The Story prompt from Teresa (aka, The Haunted Wordsmith). Teresa started the story. Then she passed it to Michael, who tagged Di, who tagged Fandango. So let’s start at the beginning (my entry follows): Teresa wrote: Winter had been hard. Harder than anyone in Goosedown had expected. It was six weeks into spring and Emily […]

  Iain Kelly

  23/10/2018

  Fiction, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Writing Exercise

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• THE DAILY POST: DISAPPEAR

  ‘Sammy,’ he shouted now, more desperate. Other parents stared, two or three came over to him, looking concerned, willing to help. He tried to explain to them, his words were shrill and panicked, ‘He was right here, right here, at the slide, I had his hand, and then I turned for a second and he […]

  Iain Kelly

  22/05/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, The Daily Post

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• P IS FOR PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

  

  A STORY OF PERESTROIKA IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA (now the CZECH REPUBLIC) ‘My old friend,’ he greeted Phillips with an enthusiastic hug as he had always done. Phillips returned the gesture before resuming his seat. Přemysl took the seat opposite him. They sat facing out from the small coffee shack, looking at the pond and the green park […]

  Iain Kelly

  18/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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