Tag: dictator

• 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

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• DICTATOR

  

  ‘What will pacify them?’ ‘Nothing other than your resignation, and even then.’ She left the sentence hanging. ‘What do you mean? They want me dead?’ ‘A lot of them have lost loved ones, they want to see equal justice.’ ‘I did it for them,’ he roared. ‘To protect them. To protect our country.’ He slumped…

  Iain Kelly

  02/11/2020

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• DICTATOR

  

  He felt old. He felt tired. Forty years leading his people, the Father of the Nation. Now they wanted rid of him. How could they be so ungrateful? He freed them from oppression. Didn’t they remember? Resign, they cried. Perhaps he should. Father Time was catching up with him. The clock ticked relentlessly. No. There was…

  Iain Kelly

  22/11/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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