Iain Kelly

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  • A CHANGE OF SCENERY

    A CHANGE OF SCENERY

    ‘Are we there yet?’ Archie asked. He was feeling claustrophobic in the hermetically-sealed caravan. Agnes peered out the kitchen window as the countryside whizzed by along the autoroute, ‘Not yet, just passed Paris.’ ‘Maybe we should have picked somewhere closer than the Mediterranean?’ ‘You wanted warm sunshine and the beach.’ Agnes brought the coffee over…

    Iain Kelly

    05/05/2021
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    agnes, agnes and archie, Archie, caravan, claustrophobia, comedy, covid, creative writing, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, France, Friday Fictioneers, holiday, humor, humour, literature, Mediterranean, pandemic, passport, scenery, Short Story, story, travel, truck, vaccine, Writing, writing prompt
  • LOCAL HERO

    LOCAL HERO

    ‘Always was a wayward child, that one.’ ‘This is a little something more than wayward.’ ‘I remember him growing up around here. Always in trouble, stealing sweets, ringing doorbells.’ ‘I’m not sure that childhood pranks would lead to this.’ ‘You gotta stop ’em when their young. Learn ’em early to respect people.’ ‘I wonder how…

    Iain Kelly

    01/05/2021
    creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, weekend writing prompt
    #metoo, assault, boy, bullying, celebrity, creative writing, drugs, fallen, fame, famous, Fiction, Flash Fiction, generation, guilty, hero, idol, literature, local, newspaper, scandal, sexual, Short Story, story, tabloid, violence, weekend writing prompt, Writing, writing prompt
  • THE STATE TRILOGY A-Z GUIDE: Z

    THE STATE TRILOGY A-Z GUIDE: Z

    My A-Z theme this year is a guide to my trilogy of novels called ‘The State Trilogy’. Set in an unnamed island country known only as ‘The State’, in the imagined near future, the books follow the intertwining stories of a number of characters, principally a State police detective named Danny Samson and an assassin,…

    Iain Kelly

    30/04/2021
    A TO Z CHALLENGE, book review, Books, creative writing, novel
    #amreading, #amwriting, #atozchallenge, a justified state, a to z, A TO Z CHALLENGE, book review, creative writing, novels, Review, state of denial, state of war, the state, the state trilogy, Writing
  • THE STATE TRILOGY A-Z GUIDE: Y

    THE STATE TRILOGY A-Z GUIDE: Y

    My A-Z theme this year is a guide to my trilogy of novels called ‘The State Trilogy’. Set in an unnamed island country known only as ‘The State’, in the imagined near future, the books follow the intertwining stories of a number of characters, principally a State police detective named Danny Samson and an assassin,…

    Iain Kelly

    29/04/2021
    A TO Z CHALLENGE, book review, Books, creative writing, novel
    #amreading, #amwriting, #atozchallenge, a justified state, a to z, A TO Z CHALLENGE, book review, creative writing, novels, Review, state of denial, state of war, the state, the state trilogy, Writing
  • AFTER THE STORM

    AFTER THE STORM

    He put the flask of scotch and two tumblers on the makeshift table and sat in a plastic chair. Puddles of water swirled round his feet, bits of flotsam were strewn everywhere, broken trees lined the beachfront. It was a matter of waiting. Waiting to see who turned up. Waiting to see if it was…

    Iain Kelly

    28/04/2021
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    assassin, beachfront, cocked, creative writing, crime, dilemma, drink, femme fatale, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, gun, literature, noir, scotch, Short Story, spy, storm, story, thriller, trees, trigger, wait, water, Writing, writing prompt
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