Tag: cabinet

• WITH ALL DUE RESPECT

  

  ‘I beg your pardon?’ I couldn’t believe what I’d just heard. Who did this impertinent little person think they were? ‘I was just wondering if it wasn’t best to just admit we got it wrong?’ ‘Who are you?’ ‘Erm, I’m Nigel Billingsworth.’ I waited for him to say more. ‘Public Relations Assistant.’ Another pause. ‘Culture…

  Iain Kelly

  25/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• V IS FOR VIENNA, AUSTRIA

  

  A STORY OF VITUPERATION IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA ‘A poor turnout. I thought there would have been more.’ Steiner looked out over the square. Behind the protesters the Hofburg, the Presidential Palace, sat unperturbed, protected by the line of police in riot gear. ‘How many are you counting?’ Valentina scanned the gathering, ‘A few thousand, five…

  Iain Kelly

  25/04/2018

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

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