Tag: America
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GRADUATION PARTY
Balloons hung on the streetlight outside the Patriots Diner. Neon shone in the grey dusk. Warm lights inside glowed. Sam stood behind the counter. A police car sped past, followed by an ambulance. He had stayed open in case he could be of any use. There would be no celebration tonight. ‘The police are now confirming…
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REHABITATION
George Washington stood at the bow of the liner as the port came into view. He was aware of the cameras and people around him, the helicopters above, the military ships alongside. He thought about his parents. This was their homeland. They had left before he was born, as part of the evacuation. They had…
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AMERICAN BLUES
Having been named after the 32nd and 26th Presidents of the United States of America, Franklin Theodore McDairmid had not lived up to his father’s expectations. Only his father called him Franklin, his mother and grandparents always called him Frank, at school he was Frankie, at college Frankie T. or Frankie T. McD, around the…
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TUCUMCARI
‘A road that goes all the way to Chicago.’ Danny said. ‘Think we’ll ever get that far?’ ‘I doubt it,’ answered Bill, ‘unless we steal a car.’ ‘We’d run out of gas before getting out of New Mexico.’ ‘Guess we’re stuck here then,’ Bill laughed. They sat under the town’s water tower, drinking beer. An occasional…
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THE WORST NUCLEAR BUNKER IN THE WORLD
October 28th 1962, the town of Midwest, Wyoming, USA. ‘But why clothes pegs?’ ‘Very useful things, you never know when you might need one.’ Jack looked again at the selection of jars and packets on the shelves. ‘It doesn’t seem like much. Wouldn’t we need to stay underground for months or years?’ Victor sighed. ‘It’s…
Iain Kelly 