Tag: writing prompt

• ROAD TO NOWHERE

  

  They couldn’t be it. After following the track through the forest for three days, this couldn’t be the end. The broken track hung in mid-air. The others looked at him. They were tired, hungry and desperate. And angry. It was Barnaby that challenged him. ‘What now?’ He had no answer. They had trusted him, and…

  Iain Kelly

  10/02/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  apocalypse, climate change, courage, creative writing, dystopia, Fiction, Flash Fiction, forest, Friday Fictioneers, global warming, hope, hopeless, Humanity, leader, literature, metaphor, pandemic, planet, race, Short Story, story, survival, track, Writing, writing prompt

• PICKING UP THE PIECES

  She stared at the wreckage. The clean-up task would be huge. Enormous. Gargantuan. Would she be able to do it? Did she have a choice? No one was going to help her. She would have to do it on her own. It was her responsibility, and she had no one else to blame. She stood…

  Iain Kelly

  06/02/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, sammiscribbles, Short Story

  children, clean, comedy, creative writing, daughter, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gargantuan, housework, humor, humour, kids, life, literature, mess, messy, parenting, room, sammiscribbles, Short Story, story, task, tidy, Writing, writing prompt

• PROPHECY

  

  ‘It is a given, Sir. It is only a matter of time.’ ‘Nothing is a given yet.’ ‘The votes are almost all counted. You have it, Sir. You will be appointed the next leader of the country.’ His eyes gleamed and I had to stop myself from giving in to his enthusiasm and optimism. ‘There…

  Iain Kelly

  04/02/2021

  #fowc, #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, #writephoto, appointed, celebration, coup, creative writing, crow, democracy, dictator, election, Fiction, Flash Fiction, fraud, given, gunshot, junta, leader, literature, Military, people, prophecy, Short Story, story, threat, votes, will, Writing, writing prompt

• MAKING A MARK

  

  ‘It seems they broke in and found themselves indisposed.’ ‘Indisposed?’ ‘The toilet, Sir.’ ‘And this is the best chance we have?’ ‘Yes, Sir. No fingerprints, no footprints, no strands of hair. A professional job.’ ‘Except they forgot to flush, eh? Not brought up right.’ ‘No, Sir. We’ve extracted three pieces of loo roll. One is…

  Iain Kelly

  03/02/2021

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

  #fowc, break-in, burglary, comedy, creative writing, crime, DNA, evidence, example, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humor, humour, investigate, literature, loo, loo roll, police, Short Story, skidmarks, story, toilet humor, toilet humour, toilet roll, Writing, writing prompt

• GUARDED OPTIMISM

  

  They emerged from their shelters. Some more guarded than others. The younger ones, of course, were more exuberant. They shook hands, hugged and kissed and breathed in the fresh air. I squinted into the light and adjusted my facemask with my gloved hands. We had been told it was safe to come back above ground.…

  Iain Kelly

  28/01/2021

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, air, creative writing, dystopian, end, facemask, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gloves, guarded, literature, optimism, pandemic, rock, shelter, Short Story, story, underground, vaccine, virus, wild, wilderness, Writing, writing prompt