Iain Kelly

WRATH UNBOWED

The dust swirled round the field. The earth had given them nothing in return for all their hard work again. Aggie stood on the porch. No sign of Al returning, the urge took him every few weeks. She knew he would be home eventually. They were all that was left, the last remaining links of…

Iain Kelly

28/08/2019

creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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NEW BOOK RELEASE – 5 WEEKS TO GO!

STATE OF DENIAL will be published 5 weeks’ today. Available to pre-order on Amazon Kindle now! Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca Amazon.com.au Amazon.in The paperback version will be published simultaneously on the 27th of September.

Iain Kelly

23/08/2019

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MIRROR, MIRROR

Can you hold up a mirror to yourself and say that you are entirely innocent? That you are not in some way to blame? That was the thought that had brought Dominic out onto the street. He hadn’t been the one shouting, taunting, calling her the names: ‘Fatty’, ‘Chunk’, ‘Porky.’ He hadn’t laughed while watching…

Iain Kelly

22/08/2019

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FRESHLY CAUGHT SEAFOOD

‘The Great White was a man-eater, terrorising a small beach town. Three days at sea before I found her. Dragged my boat for fifty miles.’ ‘Now the Orca. He was a tough old bastard. Almost took my boat. Did take half my leg,’ the old man tapped his wooden stump. ‘After him I decided to…

Iain Kelly

21/08/2019

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THE GIANT’S JOURNEY

Every year one of the giants made the pilgrimage. This year it was the turn of Eindride. The village came out to see him off. The ritual sacrifice to the Gods was part of the Summer Festival, an offering to ensure their safe protection for another year. Armed with only the clothes he was wearing…

Iain Kelly

15/08/2019

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WRATH UNBOWED

NEW BOOK RELEASE – 5 WEEKS TO GO!

MIRROR, MIRROR

FRESHLY CAUGHT SEAFOOD

THE GIANT’S JOURNEY