Tag: duke of cumberland

• CULLODEN

  

  Through hard-falling rain a bird, black from beak to tail-tip, swoops and glides, buffeted by wind that swirls around the surrounding mountains. From the elevated height, black beady eyes see across the flat, windswept moor of the valley. In amongst the heather and wild grass the eyes see something unfamiliar. Wings angled to ride on…

  Iain Kelly

  11/01/2018

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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