Tag: battle

• THE LOSING BATTLE

  

  ‘I don’t want to be pedantic, but that isn’t what happened.’ ‘It was, I heard it with my own ears.’ ‘Right, but factually, that isn’t what happened. Who did you hear it from?’ ‘A guy I know that was there.’ ‘Could he maybe have made it up, or not got the full story? Because, again,…

  Iain Kelly

  21/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• ‘STATE OF WAR’ – LAUNCH TRAILER

  Launch trailer for my upcoming new novel, ‘State of War’:   ‘State of War’ is the third and final part of ‘The State’ trilogy, continuing the story of ex-detective Danny Samson and assassin Gabriella Marino. You can pre-order the eBook now. The paperback will be available to order soon. The State is at war at…

  Iain Kelly

  20/04/2020

  Books, creative writing, Fiction, novel, Publishing, Video, Writing

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• THE COMING STORM

  

  ‘Iacta ālea est.’ The die is cast. The storm would follow. Marcisus trooped with his legion over the Rubicon river, following their leader who had gone before them. Within days they would be in Rome. Pompey would be forced to flee. Rome would be torn apart. Marcisus saw it all unfolding. He had hoped his…

  Iain Kelly

  13/02/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• ARMY OF SHADOWS

  

  Private Michael Boyd was not cut out for war. Or for a life in the army for that matter. He was too slight in build, too short in stature and too vibrant in spirit. But when war was announced he signed up, caught up in the fervour of patriotism. He had never met a German…

  Iain Kelly

  15/11/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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• CAST OUT THE LIGHT

  

  They stood on the shore and watched the last lights float away on the tide. Their glow faded and the dark night took hold, the dark night that would last forever. It had been prophesied: cast out all light and let the dark rule. They would be rewarded when he came for them. Only the…

  Iain Kelly

  22/08/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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