Tag: victims

• THE COLLECTOR

  

  I love to collect all sorts of things – badges, stamps, books, tacky souvenirs, even clothes and shoes. If I see something I like, I have to have it. With the cost of living crisis and losing my job, I can’t afford to buy all the nice things anymore, but when I see something I…

  Iain Kelly

  06/12/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• FIELD HOSPITAL

  

  Woozy. Sweat. Open eyes. Peeling paint, damp patches, broken ceiling fan. Movement next to me. Moist sheets. Another person. She moans. Dark hair, dark skin. Vague memories. A bar, drinking, her smiling face. Sit up, look round. Dilapidated. Head thumping. Air oppressive. Dry throat. Stagger to the window. Old, wooden frame. Open it. Humid air.…

  Iain Kelly

  11/04/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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