Tag: car
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ALL WE CANNOT LEAVE BEHIND – EDINBURGH LOCATIONS
‘All We Cannot Leave Behind’, my new novel set around Edinburgh in the first two decades of the 20th century, features many buildings and locations that can still be seen around the city today. Below is a gallery of images of some of the present day locations that feature in and inspired the novel. Click…
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THE AWAKENING
He awoke as the earth started moving. He was rising, bumping his way up to heaven. He thought it would have been a gentler journey. Instead his head thudded with the sound of heavy machinery and he was tossed around the beat-up car he had fallen asleep in. With a bang, everything stopped. The car…
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COMPULSION
I didn’t want to be sitting here. I want to be over there, where she is, inside that room with her. Instead, I’m staring through binoculars, trying to catch a glimpse of her, a tantalising tease that will satiate my desire for another night. People will judge me, call me names – a freak, a…
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BABYLONIA DENIED
The sat nav assured him he was still on the best route. The straight road seemed to roll on endlessly. Looming trees hemmed him in on either side. ‘In fifty yards, take the left turn onto the B436, Babylon Street.’ Babylon Street? He had never heard of that one. Named after the ancient city, perhaps?…
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FOR THE GOOD OF YOUR ELF
‘It’s November!’ ‘To the Elf Mobile!’ Reginald couldn’t share the enthusiasm of his co-workers. After months of hard toil in the workshop, ‘the season’ was upon them, all building towards ‘the big night’. It was too much for him. And it seemed to come around quicker every year. He just wanted to have a good…
Iain Kelly 