Tag: writing prompt

• THE PIANIST’S SET LIST

  A typical midweek night in the hotel bar. The usual collection of travelling business men and insipid locals. I stuck to the set list, occasionally adding a meagre jazz interlude. Gwen was sitting at the bar. Her cheap perfume stank the place out, the attempt at an alluring red dress screamed desperation. By eleven it was deserted. Behind…

  Iain Kelly

  06/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  Bar, creative writing, crime, Death, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, hotel, literature, mood piece, murder, noir, pianist, piano, prostitute, set list, setlist, Short Story, story, town, Writing, writing prompt

• OBSESSION

  I watch the fire fading in the chiminea, poking at the dying embers with a stick. Three in the morning and the party was winding down. Everyone else had gone inside half an hour ago. Beth had gone inside, with Daniel’s arm draped round her shoulders. I wish it could have been me in Daniel’s…

  Iain Kelly

  05/03/2017

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

  chiminea, creative writing, dark, disturbed, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hammer, jealousy, Knife, literature, murder, obssession, party, pathological, psychological, psychopath, revenge, Short Story, stalker, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, torture, violence, Writing, writing prompt

• BLOODHOUND LAW

  The steamboat Yellowstone sat at the dock. The new boat for the American Fur Company was due to depart up the Mississippi later that day. Grafton Edgefield looked out between wooden planks. He hadn’t eaten since he’d arrived in St. Louis three days ago. His clothes were in pieces, his bare feet shredded. He’d avoided the slave…

  Iain Kelly

  04/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

  action, America, bloodhound law, bloodhounds, creative writing, drama, escape, Fiction, Flash Fiction, grafton edgefield, historical fiction, history, literature, mississippi, mississippi river, river, Short Story, slave catchers, slavery, st. louis, steamboat, story, underground railway, What Pegman Saw, Writing, writing prompt

• RAIN DELAYS PLAY

  

  Bob tapped in on the 9th green. Level par halfway round. The children packed off to their grandparents, a romantic weekend ahead with Helen and a quiet round of golf while she finished up at work. This was the life. As he teed off on the 10th the sunshine faded. Bob looked up. The clear…

  Iain Kelly

  01/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  Clouds, Cold, comedy, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Golf, humor, humour, literature, play, rain, Romantic, Short Story, Sneeze, story, Weekend away, Writing, writing prompt

• RANCH HOUSE

  Mum looked down at the table. ‘What do you mean you’re gay?’ The old rancher looked at his son. ‘I mean I’m gay, Dad.’ ‘Well, when did you decide this?’ ‘I didn’t decide, Dad, it’s just who I am.’ They ate the rest of  Sunday dinner in silence. Jack had only vegetable soup, while his…

  Iain Kelly

  27/02/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  comedy, creative writing, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, gay, generations, humor, humour, parents, ranch, rancher, sexuality, Short Story, story, vegetarian, Writing, writing prompt