Iain Kelly

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  • 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

    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
    a justified state, advert, alliance, amazon, assassin, book, book launch, buy, crime, feedback, Fiction, future, gabriella, kindle, launch, murder, novel, phillips, political, politics, promotion, publish, published, purchase, release, Review, samson, scandal, sci-fi, science fiction, self-publish, share, Social Media, state, suspense, thriller
  • A STARK CHOICE

    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
    #writephoto, America, birthright, choice, constitution, creative writing, declaration of independence, despair, elections, faith, Fiction, Flash Fiction, historical fiction, history, hope, jefferson, liberty, literature, loss, midterms, Short Story, stark, statue of liberty, story, the new colossus, thomas, Thursday Photo Prompt, trump, warning, Writing, writing prompt
  • GABRIELLA

    GABRIELLA

    He shifted the pawn forward and sat back. He undid the top button of his shirt and took a slug of the oaky scotch. ‘You don’t have to hide, I know you’re here,’ he called out to the empty room. A head of chestnut hair rose silently from behind the chessboard. How had she managed to…

    Iain Kelly

    31/10/2018
    creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    a justified state, assassin, character, chess, chestnut, creative writing, crime, drabble, drama, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, gabriella, gun, killer, killing, literature, murder, novel, pawn, preview, professional, scotch, Short Story, silence, story, thriller, Writing, writing prompt
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