Tag: telephone

• EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK

  

  ‘How about this… Americans harnessed electricity,…’ ‘Yes, very good, Mr. President.’ ‘…we split the atom…’ ‘Well, sir, technically that was a New Zealander.’ ‘…we gave the world the telephone…’ ‘That was a Scotsman, Sir’ ‘…and the internet…’ ‘Tim Berners-Lee was an Englishman working in Switzerland.’ ‘…we settled the Wild West…’ ‘Maybe don’t highlight our record…

  Iain Kelly

  08/07/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  alexander graham bell, America, astronaut, comedy, creative writing, drabble, electricity, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, history, humor, humour, internet, lie, literature, mars, moon, scottish, Short Story, simplification, story, telephone, tim berners-lee, trump, tweet, untrue, Wild West, world war, Writing, writing prompt

• CONNECTION

  

  He found the phone booth that would provide a secure landline connection. He punched in the number. Two rings and a click. ‘Danny?’ Her voice was tired. ‘Did you do it?’ he asked. He pictured the blood-spattered body. ‘I had orders.’ ‘I have to come after you.’ ‘I’ll guess I’ll be seeing you.’ The line…

  Iain Kelly

  26/07/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  assassin, creative writing, detective, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, intrigue, landline, literature, murder, noir, phone booth, police, sequel, Short Story, smartphone, spy, story, telephone, thriller, Writing, writing prompt