Tag: defection

• GORODSKOY PARK

  

  Gorodskoy Park in the sunshine. Not the most beautiful park. More concrete than greenery, but well-maintained. A series of paths connected by roundabouts. Along the wider walkways, freshly painted green benches, shaded by overhanging wispy branches. So what was I doing in this nondescript park in the middle of Minsk? Well, that is a longer…

  Iain Kelly

  11/01/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

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• GRASSHOPPER

  

  The hard grit made for an uncomfortable place to lie. He stared through the binoculars, searching for any sign of movement. Midnight came and went. Dread crept over Phillips. The double agent, codename Grasshopper, had been a high-valued source in Stasi headquarters for over ten years. When the flash red signal was received, it was…

  Iain Kelly

  27/11/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

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