Tag: tourists

• A VERY BRITISH DAY OUT

  ‘Take the next left onto B709,’ says the satnav. ‘Where is she taking us?’ says the passenger. ‘I’m just following the directions, dear,’ says the driver. ‘Are we there yet?’ From the backseat. ’10 minutes away,’ says the passenger, ‘I can see the castle from here.’ ‘You said that 5 minutes ago!’ ‘It’s these bloody […]

  Iain Kelly

  03/08/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  british, car journey, comedy, creative writing, day out, day trip, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, funny, holiday, humour, literature, satnav, Short Story, story, tourists, Writing, writing prompt

• A TRUE SCOTSMAN

  

  ‘Bagpipes aren’t even a Scottish invention.’ ‘But they are the Scottish instrument.’ ‘No one in Scotland goes around dressed in kilts.’ ‘No-one?’ ‘Okay, the odd bloke might, but he smells of whiskey and urine and people steer clear of him.’ ‘The American tourists love this stuff.’ ‘Do you really think Scots wear tartan everyday?’ ‘I’ve […]

  Iain Kelly

  09/09/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

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• MUTATION

  

  ‘Scan it,’ Colonel Hawk ordered. Kelso gulped and approached the huge skull with it’s gaping eyes and large nasal cavity. He raised his scanner. It bleeped and the gave a read out. He radioed back. ‘Negative, Colonel. Whatever it is, it’s from this planet.’ ‘Some sort of mutated monster gorilla,’ Hazard mused, peering over the […]

  Iain Kelly

  29/07/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

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• A MANHATTAN TALE

  

  Rockefeller, the Radio City Music Hall, one block over Fifth Avenue. All the famous sights of midtown Manhattan surround him as he trudges along the street. He’s not interested in any of them. Not this time. When he first arrived he had been taken in by the glitz of the place. Not anymore. Now he […]

  Iain Kelly

  08/07/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

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• NO QUESTIONS ASKED

  

  Fabrizzio heaved the extra crate onto the roof and tied it down, next to his regular cargo of fresh seafood. Tourists had already begun to emerge into the Venetian dawn, among the bustle of barges delivering and collecting goods along the canal. He motored slowly along the narrow passages until he emerged into the lagoon. […]

  Iain Kelly

  20/06/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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