Tag: berlin

• BERLIN

  It was gibberish to him. Maybe they could make something out of it back at the Circus. That’s what the codebreakers were there for after all. He made a mental note to forward on the complete transcript of the interrogation as soon as it was ready. Maybe he just didn’t want to believe what he…

  Iain Kelly

  14/12/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, berlin, breakers, circus, code, creative writing, drama, espionage, Fiction, Flash Fiction, interrogation, interrogator, john le carre, literature, Military, mole, Romance, secret service, service, Short Story, spy, story, thriller, torture, tribute, waterboarding, Writing, writing prompt

• THE WALL

  

  Angelika gave Stefan a lingering kiss and turned away from him. Outside the window the dark night was interrupted by the bright spotlights that lit up the grey wall, the barbed wire fencing and the empty no-mans land that lay between her and the promise of freedom in the West. ‘It’s time,’ Stefan whispered. Angelika…

  Iain Kelly

  01/01/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

  berlin, berlin wall, cold war, creative writing, east germany, escape, Fiction, Flash Fiction, history, literature, Short Story, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, west germany

• DOUBLE AGENT

  He sat in the café watching Berliners come and go. Where was she? The newspaper lay folded at the business page as per the agreed protocol. The coffee cup next to it sat untouched. He felt the point of cold steel between his shoulders. An East German accent said ‘I think you should come with…

  Iain Kelly

  21/10/2016

  50 Word Fiction, Flash Fiction, Short Story

  50 Word Fiction, berlin, cafe, coffee, cold war, creative writing, double agent, east german, Fiction, Flash Fiction, germany, meeting, newspaper, scottish book trust, spy, spycraft, Writing, writing course, Writing Exercise