Tag: apocalypse

• ROAD TO NOWHERE

  

  They couldn’t be it. After following the track through the forest for three days, this couldn’t be the end. The broken track hung in mid-air. The others looked at him. They were tired, hungry and desperate. And angry. It was Barnaby that challenged him. ‘What now?’ He had no answer. They had trusted him, and […]

  Iain Kelly

  10/02/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  apocalypse, climate change, courage, creative writing, dystopia, Fiction, Flash Fiction, forest, Friday Fictioneers, global warming, hope, hopeless, Humanity, leader, literature, metaphor, pandemic, planet, race, Short Story, story, survival, track, Writing, writing prompt

• THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS

  

  A body of work. That’s all I have at the end. All of it in the past. What will the future hold? I gave everything, at the expense of family and friends and love and finally, life. All to achieve the goal. The goal set by my leader. Did I do it for my country? […]

  Iain Kelly

  07/12/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, apocalypse, armageddon, atomic, body, bomb, creative writing, Death, destroyer, Destruction, doomsday, Fiction, Flash Fiction, fusion, future, history, human, leader, literature, Nature, nuclear, pride, revolution, sci-fi, science, science fiction, Short Story, sin, story, war, world, Writing, writing prompt

• ALLEVIATE 2020

  

  They needed something to alleviate the boredom. The dark nights were creeping in, the weather was turning towards wintery and the numbers were rising again. Christmas was all they had to look forward to, and it looked like it would be cancelled. They had the same thought at the same moment. ‘Can we?’ ‘Should we?’ […]

  Iain Kelly

  22/10/2020

  creative writing

  #fowc, 2020, alleviate, apocalypse, creative writing, dark comedy, fandango, Fiction, Flash Fiction, humor, humour, literature, meteor, one word challenge, pandemic, Short Story, Space, spring, story, strike, time machine, time travel, winter, Writing, writing prompt

• HEAVENS ABOVE!

  

  ‘There it is! The portal! We are saved!’ ‘It’s not a portal, it’s a gap in the clouds.’ ‘We haven’t seen a gap in the clouds for three years. It must be a sign from above!’ ‘From who exactly?’ ‘Why, from our saviour of course. Don’t you believe?!’ ‘After the plagues, the earthquakes, the drought, […]

  Iain Kelly

  12/03/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, alien, apocalypse, cloud, comedy, creative writing, dark, disaster, drought, earthquake, Extinction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, floods, God, heaven, humor, humour, hurricane, lambent, light, literature, Plague, religion, Short Story, sky, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, Writing, writing prompt

• END TIMES

  

  Christenson fell to his knees, his hands raised to the skies, his face a scream of agony. ‘Show yourself!’ he cried. Outside the storm tore at the earth. Debris battered against the protective dome. Trees, buildings, animals – all tossed asunder. Inside the palm trees were still, the climate pleasant. Only the constant howling noise […]

  Iain Kelly

  15/01/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  apocalypse, creative writing, dome, drabble, end times, fable, faith, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, future, God, gothic, hurricane, lack, literature, parable, Short Story, storm, story, survival, world, Writing, writing prompt