Month: November 2018

• FINISH THE STORY – THE OPEN ROAD, Part Four

  Teresa, the Haunted Wordsmith, tagged Fandango to write part 2 of her latest Finish The Story challenge, titled “The Open Road.” Then Fandango tagged KeithsRamblings to write part 3, and Keith has tagged me to continue the story. Here’s the story so far, with my contribution at the end: THE OPEN ROAD Part One by Teresa It was Spring…

  Iain Kelly

  05/11/2018

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Writing Exercise

  action, ambush, America, blog, blog hop, blogging, creative writing, dodge, draft, drama, Fiction, finish the story, Flash Fiction, gun, literature, road trip, Short Story, sixties, story, the open road, travel, VW, Writing, writing prompt

• SOMEWHERE

  

  The wind whipped her loose hair around her face as the small fishing boat chugged slowly out of the bay. It was calm in the sheltered harbour but ahead in the wide open vista they could see billowing clouds and showers of rain. A rainbow arched over the skyline where the contrasting weather fronts met.…

  Iain Kelly

  04/11/2018

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

  a justified state, Boat, creative writing, enigmatic, escape, Fiction, fishing boat, Flash Fiction, harbour, journy, literature, rain, rainbow, run, running, safety, sea, she, Short Story, somewhere, somewhere over the rainbow, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, travel, vessel, vignette, water, wind, Writing, writing prompt

• A JUSTIFIED STATE – BOOK LAUNCH

  My first novel – ‘A Justified State’ – is now available to buy! ‘A Justified State’ is a thriller set in an imagined city of the future. The State is ruled by the socially reformist Central Party Alliance. Poverty and homelessness have been eradicated, but overpopulation, an energy crisis and an ongoing overseas war are threatening…

  Iain Kelly

  03/11/2018

  creative writing, Fiction, novel, Publishing

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• A STARK CHOICE

  

  The contrast of the plain below was stark. Beyond the edge of the forest, across the boundary to the other country, there lay only barren, empty land. Parched and dry it would provide for no man. The drums of war beat on. He can hear them getting louder behind him. The choice is clear, the…

  Iain Kelly

  01/11/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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