Tag: Fiction

• LEFT BEHIND

  

  Left, left, left, right, left. Back straight, arms swinging at the shoulder, crisp, clean steps. He would drum it into these natives if it killed him. No good roads, that was the problem. Didn’t live in proper houses. Didn’t wear any clothes, half of them. The whole place needed civilising.  Her Majesty’s army would soon…

  Iain Kelly

  15/02/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

  army, british, colonial, creative writing, deserter, eccentric, fever, Fiction, Flash Fiction, independence, insane, islands, literature, marching, Military, port vila, rule, Short Story, story, tropics, vanuatu, What Pegman Saw, Writing, writing prompt

• THE COMING STORM

  

  ‘Iacta ālea est.’ The die is cast. The storm would follow. Marcisus trooped with his legion over the Rubicon river, following their leader who had gone before them. Within days they would be in Rome. Pompey would be forced to flee. Rome would be torn apart. Marcisus saw it all unfolding. He had hoped his…

  Iain Kelly

  13/02/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, battle, cast, civil, cloud, creative writing, crossing, die, Fiction, Flash Fiction, fort, historical, julius caeser, legion, literature, pompey, river, roman, rome, rubicon, Short Story, storm, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, war, Writing, writing prompt

• BLURRED LINES

  

  Stumbling along the street. he tried to make sense of it. Everything was a blur, like raindrops had covered his spectacles, but it hadn’t been raining. His world was out of kilter, unfocused and obscure. How could they have known? He reached the intersection between the two main roads. Shapes flew passed in both directions.…

  Iain Kelly

  12/02/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  blur, blurred, blurred lines, creative writing, desperate, drabble, drama, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, focus, Friday Fictioneers, hidden, lines, literature, love, obscure, rain, secret, shame, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt

• CHOICE

  

  At first glance the choice was simple. Stay on this bank of the river and be safe, but alone. Or cross the river and be with his family, but face the danger of being infected by the virus. The official order was no one was allowed to enter the quarantined island. The traffickers had quickly…

  Iain Kelly

  06/02/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, care, children, choice, coronovirus, creative writing, decision, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, illness, infection, island, literature, Plague, quarantine, river, Short Story, spread, stepping, stones, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, virus, wife, Writing, writing prompt

• THE CONCEPTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

  

  Strange thoughts. Feelings. 737947. That is all she knows. Wake. Dress. Do your duty. Today, procreation duty. Eat the pills. Sleep. Repeat. Do good service. This isn’t right. She remembers something more. Do your duty. Serve your masters. For the benefit of all. For the benefit of who? Who are their masters? Is anyone else…

  Iain Kelly

  05/02/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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