Tag: swim

• SINK OR SWIM

  

  ‘You see that peak over there?’ Get to the top of that and it’s all yours.’ ‘That’s quite a climb. How close can the boat get to the shore?’ A pause. ‘You misunderstand. You start from here. Sink or swim.’ Was it worth it? To reach the top of the mountain. The promised land. It…

  Iain Kelly

  10/11/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  Cold, creative writing, decision, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, ice, journey, literature, metaphor, motivational, mountain, promised land, sea, Short Story, sink, story, swim, water, Writing, writing prompt

• DEEPER MEANING

  

  ‘I’m worried for your welfare!’ she shouted up to him, trying to hide her genuine fear. ‘I’ll be fine.’ He had come this far, he wasn’t going to turn back now and chicken out in front of everyone. A bet was a bet. He stood in just his pants and looked down at the black…

  Iain Kelly

  11/02/2021

  #fowc, #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, #writephoto, air, bet, brave, breath, creative writing, deeper, dive, fear, Fiction, Flash Fiction, jump, literature, love, peer, pool, pressure, relationship, rescue, rock, Short Story, story, swim, water, welfare, Writing, writing prompt

• A HELPING HAND

  

  ‘Five miles. Average pace ten minutes and thirty seconds per mile. Total duration fifty-two minutes and thirty-five seconds. Last mile duration eleven minutes.’ Paul fumbled with his smartphone and found the ‘stop’ button on his running app. ‘Run complete. Congratulations,’ the calming American female voice told him. He sat down on the low wall of…

  Iain Kelly

  02/11/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  a helping hand, accident, bicycle, bridge, comedy, creative writing, cycling, exercise, Fiction, Flash Fiction, humor, humour, literature, lycra, revive, river, running, Short Story, story, sweat, swim, Thursday Photo Prompt, water, Writing, writing prompt