Category: creative writing

• CHAINED

  

  The chains tightened their grip. If she could just break free before he returned. How long had she been trapped here? It felt like her whole life. But there was a time before, when she was carefree and wild and full of joy. That had been taken from her, beaten from her. She tried once…

  Iain Kelly

  18/04/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• P IS FOR PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

  A STORY OF PERESTROIKA IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA (now the CZECH REPUBLIC) ‘My old friend,’ he greeted Phillips with an enthusiastic hug as he had always done. Phillips returned the gesture before resuming his seat. Přemysl took the seat opposite him. They sat facing out from the small coffee shack, looking at the pond and the green park…

  Iain Kelly

  18/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• O IS FOR OGRE, LATVIA

  A STORY OF OBLIGATION IN OGRE, LATVIA Kūrmāja, the house, at 32 Brīvības Street in Ogre was the social hub of the small town. Here the local newspaper had its offices, next to the café on the lower floor. Above the rooms comprised a boarding house. In the evenings the high circles of society gathered…

  Iain Kelly

  17/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Social Media

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• N IS FOR NESSEBAR, BULGARIA

  A STORY OF SEARCHING FOR NIRVANA IN NESSEBAR, BULGARIA The Pearl of the Black Sea. Here was somewhere where she could forget about all the troubles in the world, and all the troubles in her world too. This was about as far east as she could go in the European Union. Across the Black Sea,…

  Iain Kelly

  16/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• A TO Z CHALLENGE 2018 – HALFWAY SUMMARY

  

  Already we’re at the halfway intermission in this year’s A to Z Challenge. Thank you so much to everyone who has been reading, commenting and liking my stories so far, as we take a trip round all 28 countries of the European Union, it is really appreciated. Still some big countries to visit – like…

  Iain Kelly

  15/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Review

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