Tag: future
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STATE OF DENIAL – AN EXTRACT
Today’s prompt brought to mind a scene from my recently published novel ‘ State Of Denial’, (perhaps because I’m now writing the next book in the trilogy), so I thought I would use an extract in reply to Sue’s prompt today. I hope it intrigues the reader! The path kept going through the base of…
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HEATWAVE
The sky is aflame at the end of the day. Another heatwave sweeps over the country. We’re used to them now. Soon it will be monsoon season again and the dust and dirt will be swept away and there will be some green lands. I’ll have a chance to grow some crops. But the sand…
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NOSTALGIA CAFE
‘What’s that?’ Jessie pointed outside at the stars and stripes fluttering on the flagpole. ‘That used to mean something.’ ‘I like the colours, it’s pretty.’ ‘It sure was. Ready for your food?’ ‘I can’t wait to try it. You used to eat these ‘hot dogs’ all the time, Gramps?’ ‘And burgers, chips, pizza.’ ‘This food…
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ROLE REVERSAL
Ironing done, dinner cooking. Time to put the kettle on and rest for ten minutes before she got home. It was hard work keeping his house in order, not that the women who ran the world understood. Just because he didn’t go out to work, didn’t mean he wasn’t working. Just as he sat down…
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RECLAMATION
The water rolled in. She could see nothing on the horizon, just the deep blue water. This was it – the last small remaining piece of land was slowly being swallowed. The ships were ready to launch, floating cities that they hoped would sustain them. For how long, no one could guess. The hope was…
Iain Kelly 