Iain Kelly

INVASION

Forage duty. They try to tell you it’s a privilege, an honour. You’re special, a chosen one. The truth is it’s dangerous. You’re expendable and you’re exposed. Return empty-handed and you will be punished. That’s why I’m still out here as the light fails, still hunting. They only come for us at night. It’s suicide…

Iain Kelly

11/04/2021

creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, weekend writing prompt

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THE STATE TRILOGY A-Z GUIDE: I

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

10/04/2021

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: H

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

09/04/2021

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: G

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

08/04/2021

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
EASING RESTRICTIONS

Green for Go. The hustle and bustle. The crowded market. The anxiety. Tell yourself they’ve all been vaccinated. Tell yourself the numbers are small. Faces unmasked. Breathing. Germs. Raw meat. Sweating. Palpitations. Get out. An open street and space. Relax, everything is normal. The green signal flashes. Step out onto the road. The driver doesn’t…

Iain Kelly

07/04/2021

creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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INVASION

THE STATE TRILOGY A-Z GUIDE: I

THE STATE TRILOGY A-Z GUIDE: H

THE STATE TRILOGY A-Z GUIDE: G

EASING RESTRICTIONS