Tag: sugar

• WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?

  

  She saw him through the window as he approached the café. The arrogant strut, the charming smile, the nonchalant wave. She stopped toying with the sugar shaker and placed it back in the rack and clasped her hands together to mask her nervous tension. How had she not seen it in the first place? How…

  Iain Kelly

  21/10/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• SUPPLY AND DEMAND

  

  ‘Why the empty shelves?’ ‘I’m reorganising.’ ‘No more processed food?’ ‘Only fruit and vegetables.’ ‘Meat?’ ‘No.’ ‘Chocolate?’ ‘No.’ ‘Sweets?’ ‘No. There is no longer the demand for these things.’ ‘The health drive?’ ‘Tackling obesity.’ ‘I see, uh, you wouldn’t happen to know where I could get my hands a few treats, do you?’ ‘I can’t…

  Iain Kelly

  04/03/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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