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  • A SEARCH FOR THE SERENE

    A SEARCH FOR THE SERENE

    I lit out for the coast searching for serenity. I had no idea if it would be there or not, but it sure as hell wasn’t where I was coming from so I had nothing to lose. Hitch-hiking across the country wasn’t for me. I’m not a people person and the thought of making small…

    Iain Kelly

    03/09/2020
    #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story
    #amreading, #amwriting, #writephoto, bullet, coward, creative writing, crime, dealer, Death, drama, drug, escape, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gang, informant, literature, noir, sea, serene, serenity, Short Story, story, trial, witness, Writing, writing prompt
  • WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

    WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

    It doesn’t seem that long ago. The place hasn’t changed, but you have. We used to come here as a family and you ran around the cobbled street and dashed in and out of the old shops and took a trip on the old trams and we had lunch in the cafe and watched the…

    Iain Kelly

    02/09/2020
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    bus, car, childhood, cobbled, creative writing, drabble, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Glasgow, literature, museum, musing, old, parent, passing, personal, photographs, riverside museum, sentimental, ship, Short Story, story, street, time, tram, transport, visit, Writing, writing prompt
  • BOOK REVIEW: SHAMUS DUST by JANET ROGER

    BOOK REVIEW: SHAMUS DUST by JANET ROGER

    The Blurb: Two candles flaring at a Christmas crib. A nurse who steps inside a church to light them. A gunshot emptied in a man s head in the creaking stillness before dawn, that the nurse says she didn’t hear. It s 1947 in the snowbound, war-scarred City of London, where Pandora s Box just got opened…

    Iain Kelly

    01/09/2020
    book review, creative writing, Literature, Review
    #amreading, #amwriting, book, book review, chandler, crime, detective, Fiction, Hammett, hard-boiled, janet roger, london, mike hammer, mikey spillane, murder, noir, novel, published, Review, shamus dust, Writing
  • Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore – Author Updates – New Releases, Offers, Reviews – #Mystery Amy M. Reade, #Romance Linda Bradley, #Thriller Iain Kelly

    A nice mention over on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine today, highlighting a recent 5 star review of my novel A Justified State, alongside other recommendations. Pop over and have a read, and thank you for the shoutout!

    Iain Kelly

    31/08/2020
    creative writing
  • A DAY IN A LIFE OF TOKENISM

    A DAY IN A LIFE OF TOKENISM

    Tokens of his love left by way of an apology before he left last night to go back to his wife and children. She dumped the flowers in the bin. At her yoga as she tried to revive herself from too much wine the night before. She stuck to the back of the class and…

    Iain Kelly

    27/08/2020
    #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story
    #writephoto, creative writing, discrimination, effort, everyday, Fiction, Flash Fiction, healthy, life, literature, pizza, relationship, Short Story, social, society, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, tokenism, tokens, wine, Woman, work, Writing, writing prompt, yoga, zoom
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