Tag: Technology

• A FEW TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES

  

  Last week had gone so well. Seeing all the regular faces, some on grainy webcams, some in the synagogue. It felt good to preach again. Now, the loudspeaker wouldn’t switch on, he’d forgotten the login for his Zoom account and the wi-fi kept dropping out. ‘I think I’ve found your problem.’ Ben got up from […]

  Iain Kelly

  27/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  #fowc, broken, comedy, creative writing, electrical, Fiction, fix, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humor, humour, issue, jewish, literature, mend, preach, rabbi, religious, sermon, Short Story, story, synagogue, Technology, water, Writing, writing prompt

• THE WRONG GUY

  

  The man arrived in reception and shouted his name. ‘Guy?’ He stood up and walked towards him, ‘Hello.’ ‘This way, we haven’t got much time.’ Odd, he thought, his interview for a BBC accountant job wasn’t for another twenty minutes. They hurried along corridors. ‘It’ll be Karen interviewing you. Just give her the answers and […]

  Iain Kelly

  20/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  #fowc, accountant, BBC, comedy, creative writing, drabble, expert, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, funny, gold, guy, guy goma, guy kewney, humor, humour, identity, Interview, literature, mix-up, news24, non-fiction, one word challenge, pundit, Short Story, story, Technology, television, TV, Writing, writing prompt, wrong

• CONFUSED ME(ME)

  

  ‘You’re a meme!’ said Agnes. ‘A what-what now?’ said Archie. ‘A meme. That photo of you from Christmas last year?’ ‘The one where I was dressed up in your…’ ‘No, not that one.’ ‘Because that was just for playing the dame in the panto.’ ‘Yes, dear. No, the one where you opened the present from […]

  Iain Kelly

  19/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, agnes, agnes and archie, Archie, comedy, confused, creative writing, Fiction, fitbit, Flash Fiction, humor, humour, infection, literature, meme, modern, online, photo, picture, Short Story, society, story, Technology, viral, Writing, writing prompt

• SCRAP METAL

  

  The thing weighs a tonne, almost broke the table when I finally hefted it onto it. Got some buttons on it. Give one a tap and it makes a pleasing ‘clack’. Letters on them. Some sort of coding device? Nowhere to plug it in, can’t see an on button. Bit at the top slides side […]

  Iain Kelly

  25/03/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  barter, computer, creative writing, destroy, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, future, hammer, history, literature, machine, material, metal, object, obselete, scrap, Short Story, story, Technology, typewriter, typing, use, Writing, writing prompt

• THE CONCEPTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

  

  Strange thoughts. Feelings. 737947. That is all she knows. Wake. Dress. Do your duty. Today, procreation duty. Eat the pills. Sleep. Repeat. Do good service. This isn’t right. She remembers something more. Do your duty. Serve your masters. For the benefit of all. For the benefit of who? Who are their masters? Is anyone else […]

  Iain Kelly

  05/02/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  AI, artificial intelligence, consciousness, creative writing, drabble, dystopian, emotion, feeling, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, future, human, Humanity, literature, race, rebellion, robot, role, sci-fi, science fiction, Short Story, slave, story, Technology, world, Writing, writing prompt