Tag: democracy

• PROPHECY

  

  ‘It is a given, Sir. It is only a matter of time.’ ‘Nothing is a given yet.’ ‘The votes are almost all counted. You have it, Sir. You will be appointed the next leader of the country.’ His eyes gleamed and I had to stop myself from giving in to his enthusiasm and optimism. ‘There…

  Iain Kelly

  04/02/2021

  #fowc, #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, #writephoto, appointed, celebration, coup, creative writing, crow, democracy, dictator, election, Fiction, Flash Fiction, fraud, given, gunshot, junta, leader, literature, Military, people, prophecy, Short Story, story, threat, votes, will, Writing, writing prompt

• THE RETURN

  

  ‘She’s back.’ The word went out. Of course, she’d never really been away. She had always been there, in our hearts and in our minds and in everything we thought and did. The last few years had been tough. Many had suffered. We clung on to the hope that she would one day return to…

  Iain Kelly

  21/01/2021

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, America, beacon, creative writing, democracy, Fiction, Flash Fiction, freedom, hope, imauguration, literature, new start, president, return, returning, Short Story, statue of liberty, story, sue vincent, suffering, symbol, united states, USA, Writing, writing prompt

• INTIMATE

  

  Could you be this intimate with anyone else? Anyone apart from your lifelong best friend? She had been with plenty of men, in relationships and one night stands. She had never felt anything like this. She looked over at her. She was staring back at her. They were thinking the same thing. It felt right.…

  Iain Kelly

  07/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, bed, capitol, comforting, creative writing, democracy, equality, erotic, explicit, Fiction, Flash Fiction, friendship, gay, intimate, lesbian, LGBQT+, life, literature, new dawn, news, passion, politics, protest, relationship, rights, riots, sex, sexual, sheets, Short Story, story, stranger, Woman, Writing, writing prompt

• DEMOCRACY

  

  They wrangled back and forth. Neither would accept the result. We waited for violence to escalate. In the end, Saskia won and Scooby-Doo went on. Dad would have to watch the football later. Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt, hosted by SammiScribbles. This week’s prompt was: Wrangle. Click on the link to read more stories…

  Iain Kelly

  14/11/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, weekend writing prompt

  America, argument, comedy, control, creative writing, democracy, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, football, humor, humour, literature, sammiscribbles, scooby-doo, Short Story, sport, story, television, weekend writing prompt, wrangle, Writing, writing prompt

• REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME

  

  I’m breaking my own rule for once and writing something overtly political: an opinion piece, and it’s just my opinion, so feel free to disagree. Regardless of the eventual outcome of the US Presidential election, more Americans have voted for Donald Trump in 2020 than they did in 2016. Let that sink in. Half of…

  Iain Kelly

  04/11/2020

  #fowc, Commentary, Non-fiction, Writing

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