Iain Kelly

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  • PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

    PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

    ‘Man, all three of you couldn’t hit a barn door. Try again.’ Hank loaded a clay into the thrower. ‘Ready?’ ‘Pull!’ The clay disc fired out over the field. Three shots fired off. The clay landed in one piece a hundred yards away. ‘Dammit, these guns is useless,’ whined Dwight. ‘How we expected to hit…

    Iain Kelly

    03/12/2018
    creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story
    2nd amendment, access, America, clay pigeon, constitution, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, gun, gun control, gun laws, gun range, killing, licence, literature, NRA, practice, rights, school, shooting, Short Story, social, society, story, trump, violence, Writing, writing prompt
  • LONELINESS

    LONELINESS

    The wind howled round the lighthouse. Jackson looked up at the bright beam as it circled round, shielding his eyes from the driving rain. Satisfied that all was in order he went back inside. He took off his soaked oilskin jacket and walked up the staircase to his bed. The relief wouldn’t be able to…

    Iain Kelly

    02/12/2018
    creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction
    creative writing, Death, driven, fear, Fiction, Flash Fiction, forsaken, isolation, lighthouse, literature, loneliness, lonely, madness, murder, Short Story, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, Writing, writing prompt
  • Book Review: A Justified State

    Originally posted on pensitivity101: I enjoy Iain’s posts and so ordered my copy from Amazon which arrived last week. Our main characters are Danny, a State Cop grieving the loss of his family, Gabriella our assassin and Phillips, a Secret Service guy. The book gives good descriptions of a world in the not so distant…

    Iain Kelly

    01/12/2018
    creative writing, novel, Publishing, Review
    a justified state, awareness, blog, book review, comment, novel, publicity, publish, Publishing, Review, self-publishing
  • Meet Guest Author – Iain Kelly…

    Meet Guest Author – Iain Kelly…

    Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: ‘Write about what you know’ – it’s the advice author after author and book after book tells you when you’re starting out. Well, what if all you know is pretty humdrum and ordinary? I’ve never travelled much, I’ve never had a family tragedy or a relationship…

    Iain Kelly

    01/12/2018
    creative writing
    a justified state, advice, author, awareness, blog, book review, comment, creative writing, novel, publicity, publish, Publishing, Review, self-publishing, technique, Writing
  • HIS DAILY PERAMBLE

    HIS DAILY PERAMBLE

    The first snow of the winter arrived. He looked out at the path and the fields, transformed, covered in a smooth white cowling. This might be the last time he would see such a sight, the pure untrodden blanket, but he’d thought that every winter for the last decade and still he soldiered on. Each…

    Iain Kelly

    29/11/2018
    creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt
    #writephoto, christmas, creative writing, family, Fiction, field, Flash Fiction, joy, lane, life, literature, old age, peramble, scene, Short Story, simple, snow, snowfall, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, untrammelled, untrodden, walk, winter, Writing, writing prompt
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