Tag: dust

• WRATH UNBOWED

  

  The dust swirled round the field. The earth had given them nothing in return for all their hard work again. Aggie stood on the porch. No sign of Al returning, the urge took him every few weeks. She knew he would be home eventually. They were all that was left, the last remaining links of […]

  Iain Kelly

  28/08/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• THE NEW FRONTIER

  

  Dust blew over the barren landscape. Tumbleweed rolled through the desert and piled up on the side of the buildings. The buildings made up the main street, the only street, of Cody, Wyoming. Outside the saloon, Jensen swept the wooden decking. As soon as the brush removed a layer of sand, the wind blew a […]

  Iain Kelly

  02/09/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

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• AMONG THE REMAINS

  

  She brought the axe down on the bird’s neck. The body, until then a squirming, panicked, struggling handful went limp. The last few feathers floated to the ground and all was still. She wiped the sweat from her brow. The sun continued to beat down relentlessly. They all said the weather would break soon, it […]

  Iain Kelly

  07/06/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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