Iain Kelly

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

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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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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

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THE TO-DO LIST

Must get that loose top step fixed, she thought, as she walked up to her front door. As always she had to force the key in. Must get that lock seen to by a locksmith before it jams completely. She pushed the door open, seeing the boarded up diamond of mint-green. Must get that piece…

Iain Kelly

29/10/2018

creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

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SOMEWHERE

A JUSTIFIED STATE – BOOK LAUNCH

A STARK CHOICE

GABRIELLA

THE TO-DO LIST