Iain Kelly

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  • THE STATE TRILOGY NOW AVAILABLE FROM MORE STORES

    My two novels, ‘A Justified State’ and ‘State Of Denial’ are now available to buy in various eBook formats from a wide range of online stores, as well as still being available on Amazon. Paperback copies are still available from Amazon, Book Depository and now Barnes & Noble too. With the third and concluding book,…

    Iain Kelly

    22/02/2020
    Books, creative writing, Fiction, Literature, novel, Publishing, Writing
    a justified state, amazon, apple books, barnes & noble, book depository, buy, kobo, links, nook, novels, online, overdrive, Publishing, purchase, sales, self-publishing, smashwords, state of denial, stores, the state trilogy, websites
  • STILL

    STILL

    A glorious morning. Clear blue sky, the water still, the grass fresh. It was exactly the sort of scene that had convinced them to buy the house. But the spring colours and sun-kissed fields hid the tumult of the previous night. The storm had raged across the whole country for twenty four hours. The deluge…

    Iain Kelly

    20/02/2020
    #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story
    #writephoto, banks, burst, clean, country, creative writing, defences, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flood, house, insurance, literature, mess, Nature, plain, rain, river, Short Story, still, storm, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, topical, water, weather, Writing, writing prompt
  • SILO

    SILO

    Hazy streaks blurred her vision. She stumbled on weighed down by her burden. The silo was there, as she remembered it, offering sanctuary as it had done when she was a child. She staggered inside. She embraced the dark coolness and dropped the heavy weight. She regrouped. Her parents hadn’t seen her in years. She…

    Iain Kelly

    19/02/2020
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    body, burden, creative writing, Dark humor, Death, disposal, drabble, drama, Farm, farmhouse, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, home, husband, literature, murder, parents, sanctuary, Short Story, silo, storage, story, Writing, writing prompt
  • JAMES BOND – SEAN CONNERY MOVIE ART

    It’s  been a while since I did any drawing, or posted any on my blog. This rainy weekend it was time for my roughly bi-annual attempt. I tell myself I should make more time for drawing and do it regularly, but it never lasts – maybe this time! Anyway, here is an attempt at copying…

    Iain Kelly

    16/02/2020
    Art, Culture, Drawing
    007, art, black and white, drawing, fan, film, from russia with love, james bond, movie, movie poster, movies, pencil, poster, sean connery, shading
  • LEFT BEHIND

    LEFT BEHIND

    Left, left, left, right, left. Back straight, arms swinging at the shoulder, crisp, clean steps. He would drum it into these natives if it killed him. No good roads, that was the problem. Didn’t live in proper houses. Didn’t wear any clothes, half of them. The whole place needed civilising.  Her Majesty’s army would soon…

    Iain Kelly

    15/02/2020
    creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw
    army, british, colonial, creative writing, deserter, eccentric, fever, Fiction, Flash Fiction, independence, insane, islands, literature, marching, Military, port vila, rule, Short Story, story, tropics, vanuatu, What Pegman Saw, Writing, writing prompt
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