Tag: America

• TIME LOOP

  

  Tennessee, 1865: Mary-Louise folded the newspaper in half and laid it down and looked at her husband. ‘We should at least give President Johnson a chance. He’s sayin’ he wants to bring the country together. You don’t think that’s a good idea?’ Tennessee, 2020: Roddy turned off the television and looked at his wife. ‘You…

  Iain Kelly

  11/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• SURMISE

  

  Surmise: noun, to suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.”he surmised that something must be wrong.” See also: guess, conjecture, suspect. I surmise that there is intelligent life form other than ourselves somewhere out there in the universe. I surmise that there is a God, or some God or all the…

  Iain Kelly

  06/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME

  

  I’m breaking my own rule for once and writing something overtly political: an opinion piece, and it’s just my opinion, so feel free to disagree. Regardless of the eventual outcome of the US Presidential election, more Americans have voted for Donald Trump in 2020 than they did in 2016. Let that sink in. Half of…

  Iain Kelly

  04/11/2020

  #fowc, Commentary, Non-fiction, Writing

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• WEDNESDAY MORNING

  

  ‘What the hell am I going to do with all this?’ Larry moaned. They looked at the warehouse full of box after box after box of useless merchandise. ‘Put it in storage?’ Bob suggested. The wind picked up and a scattering of bright read t-shirts blew from an open box and took off across the…

  Iain Kelly

  26/10/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• THE MORNING AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE

  

  She could hear her mother’s voice from the grave, ‘Is it worth it?’ The world tilts out of kilter. Sun sears her eyeballs. Cool tarmac against her face. Shards of broken green glass. A dent in a red metal bin. Memories of the night before. Anger and hatred. Standing firm. Too slow to run. Her…

  Iain Kelly

  30/09/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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