Tag: writing prompt

• CHOICE

  

  At first glance the choice was simple. Stay on this bank of the river and be safe, but alone. Or cross the river and be with his family, but face the danger of being infected by the virus. The official order was no one was allowed to enter the quarantined island. The traffickers had quickly…

  Iain Kelly

  06/02/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• THE CONCEPTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

  

  Strange thoughts. Feelings. 737947. That is all she knows. Wake. Dress. Do your duty. Today, procreation duty. Eat the pills. Sleep. Repeat. Do good service. This isn’t right. She remembers something more. Do your duty. Serve your masters. For the benefit of all. For the benefit of who? Who are their masters? Is anyone else…

  Iain Kelly

  05/02/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• MARKET TRADE

  

  The sights and smells of the small market were intoxicating. The constant chatter of humans mixed with the sounds of caged animals. Xao Ling dragged him along. ‘Here,’ he pointed. An old woman sat surrounded by pots of powders and liquids. Her skin was a patchwork of wrinkles, her eyes half-closed slits, her hair was…

  Iain Kelly

  01/02/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

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• DAYBREAK

  

  The sun rose. The world went on. As if nothing had happened. As if everything was as it should have been. He found her in the nursery. Staring out the window. The sky was a fiery red. It tinged her tears. She gripped the unused blanket. This is a response to the #writephoto Prompt: Daybreak…

  Iain Kelly

  30/01/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• QUARANTINE

  

  They nicknamed it ‘Christmas Island’ after the notorious isle off the coast of Australia that had been used to quarantine people centuries ago. An area the size of Wyoming, shrouded in winter. No one knew how long the lockdown would last. Food and medicine parcels were parachuted in, but supplies were dwindling. Paranoia abounded. A…

  Iain Kelly

  29/01/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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