Tag: black lives matter

• A TALE OF TWO WORLDS

  

  Palm trees and bright lights and smiling people. The glamour. The glitz. The full Hollywood razzmatazz. Over-turned cars and burning fires and desperate people. The injustice. The violence. The full social unrest. Cameras clicking and flashbulbs sparking and the crowd cheers. The gowns. The radiant idols. The elite on show. Cameras clicking and flashbulbs sparking…

  Iain Kelly

  12/08/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  America, black lives matter, City, class, country, creative writing, disparity, drabble, europe, far left, far right, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, glamour, Humanity, injustice, justice, literature, loss, political, poverty, racism, riots, Short Story, social, society, story, system, world, Writing, writing prompt

• THE SECRET

  

  Father ranted on, waving the newspaper around in disbelief. ‘More rights?! Why should they get more rights? Who says they deserve ’em? I tell you, this country will fall to pieces soon enough if this happens.’ His violent bluster afforded me the opportunity to swiftly and discreetly scoop a lamb chop off my plate and…

  Iain Kelly

  11/06/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #amwriting, #writephoto, accused, adventure, black lives matter, creative writing, equality, Fiction, Flash Fiction, friend, generation, guilt, history, innocence, literature, race, racial, secret, servitude, shelter, Short Story, story, tension, Thursday Photo Prompt, Writing, writing prompt