Tag: cattle

• FREE STATE

  

  He stood in the doorway of his homestead, looking out at his land. The sweat poured from his bronzed head, the receding hairline exposing his scalp to the sun. In his hand he held the machete. Blood dripped from the point of the blade, pooling on the steps at his feet. The stench of fresh,…

  Iain Kelly

  18/01/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

  alien, allegory, black, cattle, creative writing, Crops, defend, Farm, farmland, Fiction, Flash Fiction, free state, homestead, invaders, land, literature, mars, martian, parable, reclaimed, sci-fi, Short Story, slaughter, south africa, story, war, war of the worlds, What Pegman Saw, white, Writing, writing prompt

• THE NEW FRONTIER

  

  Dust blew over the barren landscape. Tumbleweed rolled through the desert and piled up on the side of the buildings. The buildings made up the main street, the only street, of Cody, Wyoming. Outside the saloon, Jensen swept the wooden decking. As soon as the brush removed a layer of sand, the wind blew a…

  Iain Kelly

  02/09/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

  America, brothel, buildings, cattle, cody, creative writing, desert, drive, dust, Fiction, Flash Fiction, frontier, hotel, Industrial, iron horse, literature, old west, progress, railroad, saloon, sand, Short Story, story, street, Sunday Photo Fiction, Train, tumbleweed, way out west, western, wood, Writing, writing prompt, wyoming