Tag: boris

• HOUSE OF CARDS

  ‘Is this a joke?’ Indignant ’til the end, even while being led away in handcuffs. Ex-Prime Minister arrested. Sat in a jail cell next to an indicted ex-President. A pair of jokers. Guilty of lies so obvious only the blinkered can’t see them. Like a House of Cards, the weight of so much corruption and…

  Iain Kelly

  22/03/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• THE ACTIVIST

  

  Her little hands scrawl circles. She places an assortment of toys inside them – Lego, a pencil. a toy truck. She babbles in words that make sense to only her. She looks up seeking recognition for a job well done. I nod and smile and say that’s lovely. She accepts it and begins the process…

  Iain Kelly

  03/11/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• A TANGLED WEB

  

  ‘Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!’ The quote from Walter Scott ran around his head. He was trapped in a web of his own making. He had lied, deceived, obfuscated. All in an attempt to extricate himself from the situation. There was only one way out: create more…

  Iain Kelly

  31/10/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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