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  • CAL’S CALLING

    CAL’S CALLING

    The heavy snow deadened the sound of the forest. Despite the swirling snowfall, there was a stillness. Cal lay on the soft ground, his eye press to the sight, his ungloved finger around the trigger, the rifle caressed against his shoulder. His father lay next to him. A hundred yards away the stag raised his…

    Iain Kelly

    17/10/2019
    creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt
    #writephoto, animal, calling, creative writing, deer, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hit, hunter, hunting, literature, miss, passage, respect, rifle, right, Short Story, shot, son, spirit, stag, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, Writing, writing prompt
  • HALO TRANSPORTATION SERVICE – A PARABLE

    HALO TRANSPORTATION SERVICE – A PARABLE

    Israel was the first country to invest in the new teleportation technology. Rows of Halos appeared, bright neon circles suspended from wires. Problems were soon reported: people would unwittingly be swept up through a Halo and be deposited seconds later in a different part of the country. Then the disappearances started, people sucked into the…

    Iain Kelly

    16/10/2019
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    comment, creative writing, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, halo, home, homecoming, humor, humour, israel, literature, parable, parrallel, passover, Short Story, story, teleportation, time travel, transportation, universe, Writing, writing prompt
  • Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore – New Book on the Shelves -#Thriller – State Of Denial (The State Trilogy Book 2) by Iain Kelly

    A promotion for my novel from Sally over at Smorgasbord Blog Magazine, with lots of useful links and information. Do check it out!

    Iain Kelly

    10/10/2019
    creative writing
  • BE STILL MY BEATING HEART

    BE STILL MY BEATING HEART

    In the dead of the night. That was how I expected to find her. Dead. As I approached the house, nothing changed my mind. It was still. Still like a house with no one alive in it. I pictured the scene I knew was waiting for me. Her, lying on the floor. Red blood pooling…

    Iain Kelly

    10/10/2019
    creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt
    #writephoto, Abuse, blood, chandler, creative writing, dead, defence, detective, drama, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Hammett, house, investigator, Knife, literature, murder, night, noir, private eye, Short Story, still, stillness, story, thriller, Thursday Photo Prompt, Writing, writing prompt
  • SURROGATES

    SURROGATES

    Black and white images from the past. Not hers, someone else’s. The smiling portrait of a young woman, an elderly couple in front of their house, a grandfather, a brother and sister. A family, a historical document of a happy life. $1 for the basket. The seller had no idea who the people in the…

    Iain Kelly

    09/10/2019
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    Abuse, creative writing, drabble, dreams, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, history, literature, market, nightmare, past, people, photographs, photos, Short Story, stall, story, strangers, surrogate, trauma, Writing, writing prompt
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