Tag: brexit

• J IS FOR JYVÄSKYLÄ, FINLAND

  A STORY OF JEOPARDY IN JYVÄSKYLÄ Jyväskylä is the Athens of Finland, so they say, due to its role as an educational centre. It was the name given to it in the The Kalevala, the epic poem of collected folk lore and songs by Elias Lönnrot that is considered the national epic of Finland. Juriitta was…

  Iain Kelly

  11/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• B IS FOR BIRKIRKARA, MALTA

  A STORY OF BENEVOLENCE IN BIRKIRKARA, MALTA ‘When the rain comes here it floods the valley. Often we had to leave our home and take with us what we could carry. I used to love the nights we had to spend camping on the hill before we could return home.’ Luċija rolled over on the lush…

  Iain Kelly

  02/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• A IS FOR AARHUS, DENMARK

  A STORY OF ACCEPTANCE IN AARHUS, DENMARK He eased the lever by his leg and felt the huge crane swivel round. One more crate to be loaded and the massive container ship would be ready to depart in the morning, destined for Shanghai. The green light flashed on the dashboard and he began lowering slowly…

  Iain Kelly

  01/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• THE A TO Z CHALLENGE 2018 – THEME REVEAL

  

  THE BLOGGING FROM A TO Z CHALLENGE 2018 – THEME REVEAL This April I will once again be taking part in the BLOGGING FROM A TO Z CHALLENGE. Throughout the month the challenge is to blog a post each day based on a theme of your choosing, and each day linking it to the corresponding…

  Iain Kelly

  19/03/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• GOD BLESS THE CAUSE FOR WHICH I DIE

  The St. Patrick’s Day celebrations were over. An old drunk started singing ‘The Dying Rebel.’ ‘I never would have thought those songs would be anything but historical,’ said the red-haired woman. ‘I never thought they’d put up a border posts across Ireland again,’ the man replied. He looked at the woman. ‘We need to make…

  Iain Kelly

  11/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

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