Iain Kelly

Q IS FOR QUIMPER, FRANCE

A STORY OF QUERULOUSNESS IN QUIMPER, FRANCE ‘It’s unusual in that it bends in the middle to match the contours of its location and avoid an area of swamp,’ Agnes read from the guide. ‘Probably couldn’t build it right,’ muttered Archie. Agnes gave him a withering look and carried on reading from the pamphlet. ‘Some…

Iain Kelly

19/04/2018

A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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CHAINED

The chains tightened their grip. If she could just break free before he returned. How long had she been trapped here? It felt like her whole life. But there was a time before, when she was carefree and wild and full of joy. That had been taken from her, beaten from her. She tried once…

Iain Kelly

18/04/2018

creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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P IS FOR PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

A STORY OF PERESTROIKA IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA (now the CZECH REPUBLIC) ‘My old friend,’ he greeted Phillips with an enthusiastic hug as he had always done. Phillips returned the gesture before resuming his seat. Přemysl took the seat opposite him. They sat facing out from the small coffee shack, looking at the pond and the green park…

Iain Kelly

18/04/2018

A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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O IS FOR OGRE, LATVIA

A STORY OF OBLIGATION IN OGRE, LATVIA Kūrmāja, the house, at 32 Brīvības Street in Ogre was the social hub of the small town. Here the local newspaper had its offices, next to the café on the lower floor. Above the rooms comprised a boarding house. In the evenings the high circles of society gathered…

Iain Kelly

17/04/2018

A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Social Media

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N IS FOR NESSEBAR, BULGARIA

A STORY OF SEARCHING FOR NIRVANA IN NESSEBAR, BULGARIA The Pearl of the Black Sea. Here was somewhere where she could forget about all the troubles in the world, and all the troubles in her world too. This was about as far east as she could go in the European Union. Across the Black Sea,…

Iain Kelly

16/04/2018

A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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Q IS FOR QUIMPER, FRANCE

CHAINED

P IS FOR PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

O IS FOR OGRE, LATVIA

N IS FOR NESSEBAR, BULGARIA