Tag: Carrot Ranch

• TO THE VICTOR

  

  To the victor goes the spoils, that’s what they say. There is cheering, waving flags, smiling faces. But it doesn’t feel like winning. Surrounding them is destruction and death. Buildings and homes reduced to rubble. They said the last one would be the war to end all wars. Maybe this one will be. They are […]

  Iain Kelly

  29/11/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Writing Exercise

  99 word, Carrot Ranch, casualties, comrades, creative writing, Fiction, fight, Flash Fiction, friends, heroes, innocence, literature, loser, love, patriotic, reflection, Short Story, spoils, story, victor, war, winner, world war, Writing, writing prompt

• THE PROPOSAL

  

  They had been friends since the first day of school. Archie knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. Tomorrow he left for University, leaving home and starting a new life in a new city. He knew Agnes was staying at home with her parents. Would she wait for him to […]

  Iain Kelly

  22/11/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Writing

  agnes, Archie, back story, beginning, Carrot Ranch, cinema, creative writing, engagement, Fiction, Flash Fiction, literature, love, marriage, proposal, ring, Romance, school, Short Story, story, teenage, university, Writing, writing prompt

• STORM WINDOW

  

  The view was bleak, much like his future. The waves rolled along, grey with white crests, unrelenting, unremitting. His stomach had finally settled down after two days of sickness. What did he care about these countries over the ocean? They could bomb themselves into oblivion for all he cared. The rain battered the window, but […]

  Iain Kelly

  15/11/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Writing

  army, Carrot Ranch, creative writing, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, german, literature, navy, ocean, rain, sea, ship, Short Story, storm, story, Submarine, u-boats, war, waves, window, world war 2, Writing, writing prompt