Tag: Crops

• 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

• PLAGUE

  

  Angie came running in with her prisoner trapped inside the jar. ‘Look what I got, Mum.’ Mum was too busy scrubbing dust out of the clothes. ‘Look what I caught, Dad.’ Dad was too busy in the barn, shoeing the horse. Angie sat on the stoop. ‘Not one of them is interested.’ She watched the…

  Iain Kelly

  08/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  creative writing, Crops, family, Farm, Farmers, Farming, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Insects, literature, Locusts, Plague, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt