Tag: strike

• THE ROAR OF THE CROWD

  

  Hushed anticipation. He lined up the free-kick. This was it. His chance. He pictured it in his mind. The flight the ball would take as it left his foot. The swerve and arc that would send it right into the top corner of the goal. The net billowing and straining to contain the power. A…

  Iain Kelly

  23/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, ageing, career, comedy, creative writing, crowd, dad, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, football, free-kick, glory, goal, goalkeeper, humor, humour, literature, moment, net, power, roar, Short Story, shot, son, sport, story, strike, Writing, writing prompt

• 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