Tag: Death

• ARMISTICE DAY, 1918

  

  ‘The decoration’s are a bit much, those candles’ll set the place on fire.’ ‘You hush. We can’t have him coming home to a dull house without some sort of celebration.’ ‘He won’t be back for days yet.’ ‘But we’ll be ready for him when he does come home.’ She stepped down and looked at the…

  Iain Kelly

  11/11/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• LANDSLIDE

  

  The bright red blinking lights spread across the road, breaking the pitch black of the night. I stopped and rolled down the window, feeling the unpleasant cold rain hitting my face. A police officer in a rain smock leaned over. ‘Road’s closed. Landslide down the mountainside.’ ‘The Old Military road too?’ This was the usual…

  Iain Kelly

  10/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• PERTINENT

  

  ‘There are only two pertinent questions: who stands to gain the most, and who stands to lose the most?’ My old partner’s advice circling around my head. At the start of every case, as I approach every crime scene, as I question every suspect – who gains and who loses? Up until now those questions…

  Iain Kelly

  29/10/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• THE MINISTRY OF DISTRACTION

  

  ‘What’s it to be today, Sir?’ ‘Options?’ ‘Well, we have the usual of course: immigration outrage, racial injustice, free school meals for the poorest children…’ ‘Stop, stop, stop. Are you mad? All of those can be linked back to me. What else?’ ‘Ah, you want something a bit juicier, more conspiracy theory. How about the…

  Iain Kelly

  28/10/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• A SEARCH FOR THE SERENE

  

  I lit out for the coast searching for serenity. I had no idea if it would be there or not, but it sure as hell wasn’t where I was coming from so I had nothing to lose. Hitch-hiking across the country wasn’t for me. I’m not a people person and the thought of making small…

  Iain Kelly

  03/09/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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