Tag: sun

• LOSS

  

  They lay side-by-side on the bed. The sun broke over the harbour. Helena sat up and drew her knees to her chest. Nick looked up at her. He knew it was over. He put his hand out to brush a hair from her face. ‘There is nothing more I can do?’ Nick asked. Helena’s hands…

  Iain Kelly

  29/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  A Summer in Crete, adapted, birth, breakup, creative writing, Death, edited, europe, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, harbour, holiday, life, literature, loss, miscarriage, sea, Short Story, story, sun, vacation, Writing, writing prompt

• WINSTON IN PARADISE

  Winston waved off the liner as the huge ship was towed away from the harbour. He saw the Havillands and the Haliburtons waving back as he pocketed their money in his shirt pocket. Didn’t he feel like a slave ferrying the rich tourists round the island in his car, taking them out fishing in his…

  Iain Kelly

  25/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

  bahamas, beach, creative writing, cruise, Fiction, Flash Fiction, life, liner, literature, nassau, paradise, Paradise island, Relaxing, sea, Short Story, story, sun, tourists, What Pegman Saw, work, Writing, writing prompt

• CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

  

  Maria sat on the bench looking at the crowd gathered on the dark street. She thought back to her old home in England. Last year there had been a snow storm and everything was covered in a glistening white blanket. Maria had joined her friends building a snowman, sledging and laughing during snowball fights. Christmas lights twinkled…

  Iain Kelly

  13/12/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  christmas, christmas lights, creative writing, decorations, emigration, fairy lights, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, literature, new zealand, Short Story, sledging, snow, snowball, snowman, story, summer, sun, winter, Writing