Tag: crime

• ROOTS

  

  Ma roots is in Barbados, so ma Mama tells me all d’time. ‘Yo was born there, Ah was born there, yo grandaddy was born there. Dat’s where yo is from.’ Funny ting is, Ah feel no connection to dat far off place at all. We left there when Ah wasn’t even one year old, part…

  Iain Kelly

  09/05/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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• A NEW START

  

  He woke up and opened the curtains. The sunlight dazzled him, as another glorious day began. He opened the window and took in a breath of the fresh air, exhaling exaggeratedly. A new start lay ahead. He had slept well, the best rest he could remember for a long time. He thought his mind would…

  Iain Kelly

  14/02/2019

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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• SCOTTISH KINGS

  

  **contains terms which may offend** The Bruce raised his sword high, the driving rain battering against the silver blade, washing away the English blood. The dark clouds that had been the menacing back drop to the battle suddenly parted. Glorious sun shone over the tired and battered survivors. This was his moment. He could think…

  Iain Kelly

  07/02/2019

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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• THE PICTURE ON THE WALL

  

  Another motel, another room, another picture on the wall. This one a broad wearing suspenders changing the tyre on a car. It wasn’t the worst one I’d seen. Too many pillows on the bed. I picked one up and sat it on my lap, my back sat against the huge cushioned headboard. The bedside lamp…

  Iain Kelly

  18/11/2018

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

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• A JUSTIFIED STATE – BOOK LAUNCH

  My first novel – ‘A Justified State’ – is now available to buy! ‘A Justified State’ is a thriller set in an imagined city of the future. The State is ruled by the socially reformist Central Party Alliance. Poverty and homelessness have been eradicated, but overpopulation, an energy crisis and an ongoing overseas war are threatening…

  Iain Kelly

  03/11/2018

  creative writing, Fiction, novel, Publishing

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