Iain Kelly

G IS FOR GLASGOW, GREAT BRITAIN

A STORY OF THE GARDEN FESTIVAL IN GLASGOW, GREAT BRITAIN It had been a glorious summer. Glasgow didn’t get many of them. Perhaps it was fate that the year of the Garden Festival was the warmest and driest summer that anyone could remember. The festival was meant to regenerate the wastelands that had been left…

Iain Kelly

07/04/2018

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

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F IS FOR FAMAGUSTA, CYPRUS

A STORY OF FOLLY IN FAMAGUSTA, CYPRUS ‘Not even Turkish Cypriots are allowed in,’ my guide Ferhat tells me as we peer through the barbed wire. Beyond lies a golden beach, straight out of a tourist board advert with the deep blue Mediterranean lapping gently on the shore. Look closer though and things don’t look…

Iain Kelly

06/04/2018

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

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E IS FOR ECHTERNACH, LUXEMBOURG

A STORY OF ELATION IN ECHTERNACH, LUXEMBOURG The violinist onstage, the world renowned Daniel Hope, took the applause. As it gradually died away he raised the instrument to his chin and an expectant hush descended. The opening notes of Brahms’ Violin sonata No. 1 in G major, op. 78 quietly soared from the sliding bow.…

Iain Kelly

05/04/2018

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

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VORTEX

‘They symbolise the whirling mass of humanity that will flow beneath, replicating the whirling music from the orchestra,’ the artist opined to his guests. ‘Wonderful.’ ‘Enchanting.’ ‘They will each be placed in the optimum position to ensure the acoustics of the hall, will not be compromised.’ Nodding heads of agreement and contemplation. ‘If you will…

Iain Kelly

04/04/2018

creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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D IS FOR DRESDEN, GERMANY

A STORY OF DÉTENTE IN DRESDEN, GERMANY Alan Smith stood among the locals of Dresden in the reconstructed Neumarkt, looking with the crowd towards the Frauenkirche with its wondrous dome topped by a golden cross gleaming in the dusk sky. The dignitaries were filing into the building, German mainly but also religious leaders from far…

Iain Kelly

04/04/2018

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

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G IS FOR GLASGOW, GREAT BRITAIN

F IS FOR FAMAGUSTA, CYPRUS

E IS FOR ECHTERNACH, LUXEMBOURG

VORTEX

D IS FOR DRESDEN, GERMANY