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  • THE A TO Z CHALLENGE 2018 – THEME REVEAL

    THE A TO Z CHALLENGE 2018 – THEME REVEAL

    THE BLOGGING FROM A TO Z CHALLENGE 2018 – THEME REVEAL This April I will once again be taking part in the BLOGGING FROM A TO Z CHALLENGE. Throughout the month the challenge is to blog a post each day based on a theme of your choosing, and each day linking it to the corresponding…

    Iain Kelly

    19/03/2018
    A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story
    #ThemeReveal #AtoZChallenge, a to z, A TO Z CHALLENGE, april, AtoZchallenge, brexit, britain, comedy, countries, creative writing, europe, european union, Fiction, flags, Flash Fiction, history, humour, literature, nations, people, places, politics, reveal, Romance, Short Story, story, theme, theme reveal, war, Writing, writing prompt
  • RESTLESS SPIRIT

    RESTLESS SPIRIT

    Tap, tap, tap. Dr.  Henry Folkestone watched as Abubakar put down his instruments and looked back at the expedition leader. Together the put their shoulders against the huge rectangular boulder and heaved. Gradually the ancient stone moved, the sandstone scraped along the floor. Dust and dirt swirled in the fetid air. This was the moment Henry…

    Iain Kelly

    18/03/2018
    creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction
    adventure, ancient, creative writing, discovery, egypt, egyptology, expedition, Fiction, Flash Fiction, ghost, hatshepsut, history, legend, literature, myth, pharaoh, pyramid, restless, revenge, Short Story, spirit, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, tomb, treasure, Writing, writing prompt
  • TROUBLE AHEAD

    TROUBLE AHEAD

    Gonzalo threw his few belongings, the sharpened rocks and wooden tools he had made with his own hands, into the cave entrance and hurried inside the safety of his hidden cavern. Lying on the floor he peered back out through the opening. With his telescope, cobbled together with the glass frontispiece of his watch,  a…

    Iain Kelly

    15/03/2018
    creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt
    #writephoto, ahead, castaway, circumnavigate, creative writing, expedition, exploration, ferdinand magellan, Fiction, Flash Fiction, globe, gonazlo, hermit, island, literature, navy, peace, portugal, sail, Short Story, solitude, spain, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, trouble, Writing, writing prompt
  • FORCES OF ATTRACTION

    Always gazing up at the stars, that was Charlie’s problem, dreaming about particles, planets and the cosmos, absorbed in studying the gravitational pull of black holes and their theoretical evaporation. Larry stamped his feet, shivering in the cold air, watching Charlie adjust the camera pointing up at the clear night sky. ‘Seriously, this is how you…

    Iain Kelly

    14/03/2018
    creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    black holes, camera, cosmology, cosmos, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, gravitational pull, gravity, hawking radiation, literature, love, passion, Romance, science, Short Story, sky, solar system, Space, star gazing, stars, stephen hawking, story, universe, wonder, Writing, writing prompt
  • EMBERS

    EMBERS

    Specks of dancing light floated through the dark sky, borne from the dying fire. There was no more firewood in the barren mountain landscape. It would not take long for the cold to achieve its conquest. Phillips had no choice but to move, to stay in the same place was to die. How much more…

    Iain Kelly

    12/03/2018
    creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story
    agent, aging, britain, cat and mouse, chase, cold war, creative writing, embers, face off, Fiction, fire, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, game, literature, MI6, mountain, noir, phillips, rivalry, Russia, secret, service, Short Story, SIS, spy, story, tracking, vendetta, wildrerness, Writing, writing prompt
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