Tag: future

• A COUNTRY HUNT

  

  Weak and broken, George stumbled on across the moor. The heavy mist that shrouded everything was a hindrance and a help – he couldn’t see where he was going, but neither could they find him. He held onto his stomach where the blood flowed from the bullet wound. The hounds were getting closer again and he…

  Iain Kelly

  20/12/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  black humour, country hunt, creative writing, dystopia, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, fox hunt, future, hounds, hunt, hunting, hunting ban, literature, manor, servants, Short Story, story, Writing

• POWER CUT

  

  Nobody knows if the power will be restored.  It went off with a small click and that was it. No countdown, no explosion, no event. We’d all been warned often enough that oil and gas were running out, that we weren’t investing enough in renewable energy. Now only essential services and the rich have power. There was…

  Iain Kelly

  12/10/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  atonement, creative writing, drama, electricity, energy, energy crisis, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, future, literature, oil lamps, power cut, renewables, science fact, science fiction, Short Story, story, Writing, yom kippur

• WAR OF THE FUTURE

  Nick’s visor kept steaming up. He was breathing too hard and too fast. The only way he could clear his sight was to lift the visor open and wipe it with his gloved fingers, but now that they were outside the sealed command base that wasn’t an option. No-one knew for sure what the atmosphere…

  Iain Kelly

  11/09/2016

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

  creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, future, literature, sci-fi, science fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction, war, Writing