Tag: europe

• DUSK AT THE BORDER

  

  Dusk, the start of the night shift that no one wants to do. Bálint watches the sun dip down across the river, it’s reflection glinting off the water. A week of this to come before he returns to the lazy day shift, relaxing in the warmth of the summer days. In most places, the darkness…

  Iain Kelly

  22/02/2018

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

  #writephoto, border, child, creative writing, dusk, europe, Fiction, Flash Fiction, fleeing, guard, hungary, illegal, immigrants, literature, middle east, mother, movement, night, refugee, river, security, Short Story, story, syria, Thursday Photo Prompt, war, Writing, writing prompt

• THE WOLF’S LAIR

  

  Kaufmann swept the final bundle of wood shavings into the wheelbarrow and stretched his aching back. ‘Hör nicht auf,’ the supervisor yelled at him. ‘Schnell, schnell.’ Exhausted, Kaufmann put the broom and spade into the barrow and took up the handles. He waddled as quickly as his skinny frame could manage, clearing the road just…

  Iain Kelly

  04/02/2018

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

  adolf hitler, base, camp, clearing, complex, Construction, creative writing, europe, Fiction, Flash Fiction, forced labour, forest, fritz todt, germany, history, hitler, jewish, labour, literature, Military, nazi, poland, prisoner, prussia, salute, Short Story, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, wolf’s lair, wood, world war 2, Writing, writing prompt

• LOSS

  

  They lay side-by-side on the bed. The sun broke over the harbour. Helena sat up and drew her knees to her chest. Nick looked up at her. He knew it was over. He put his hand out to brush a hair from her face. ‘There is nothing more I can do?’ Nick asked. Helena’s hands…

  Iain Kelly

  29/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  A Summer in Crete, adapted, birth, breakup, creative writing, Death, edited, europe, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, harbour, holiday, life, literature, loss, miscarriage, sea, Short Story, story, sun, vacation, Writing, writing prompt

• GOD BLESS THE CAUSE FOR WHICH I DIE

  The St. Patrick’s Day celebrations were over. An old drunk started singing ‘The Dying Rebel.’ ‘I never would have thought those songs would be anything but historical,’ said the red-haired woman. ‘I never thought they’d put up a border posts across Ireland again,’ the man replied. He looked at the woman. ‘We need to make…

  Iain Kelly

  11/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

  America, bomb, border, brexit, britain, consequences, creative writing, Dublin, europe, european union, Fiction, Flash Fiction, ireland, literature, northern ireland, politics, republican, Short Story, st patrick’s day, story, terrorism, the dying rebel, the troubles, war, What Pegman Saw, Writing, writing prompt