Category: creative writing
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Author Interview: Iain Kelly
Originally posted on Word Shamble: Since starting this blog I’ve been fortunate to meet some truly talented, accomplished writers. Someone who definitely falls into that category and whose blog I was lucky to find early on was fellow Friday Fictioneer, Iain Kelly. I’ve always enjoyed reading Iain’s short fiction, so when he announced on his…
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CRITICAL INTERPRETATION
Felicity tried to interrupt the critic, but he had built up such a head of steam he wouldn’t be stopped. ‘The sunflower, you see, is a comment on Van Gogh’s work and the astronomical price OF art at modern auctions. It is saying to you, the viewer, is art really worth that much when a…
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IMAGINE
‘Imagine all the people, sharing all the world,’ sang John Lennon. And they shot him. ‘I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,’ ministered the Reverend Martin Luther…
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ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE
‘Don’t mind that,’ she said, guiding him through the hallway and round the shattered remains of a mirror. ‘Just through there,’ she pointed him through a glass door whose splintered panes were held together by sticking tape. ‘Take a seat,’ she smiled at him. He looked at the living room strewn with broken chairs, a…
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CANADIAN ROCKIES RETIREMENT HOME
‘You don’t think the mountain range is enough to keep them out?’ ‘Nope,’ Frank spat as he knocked in the last fence post. ‘But if they manage to get over that,’ Giles pointed to the tall peaks in the distance, ‘then this fence isn’t going to stop them.’ Frank threw down the hammer and looked…
Iain Kelly 