Tag: great war

• ARMY OF SHADOWS

  

  Private Michael Boyd was not cut out for war. Or for a life in the army for that matter. He was too slight in build, too short in stature and too vibrant in spirit. But when war was announced he signed up, caught up in the fervour of patriotism. He had never met a German…

  Iain Kelly

  15/11/2018

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

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• GRANDPA’S LUCKY SHOES

  

  The black leather gleamed. It had taken a lot of scrubbing and polishing to restore them to this state. The nest of spiders in the toe of the right shoe was a nasty surprise. They slipped onto the withered feet with ease. ‘Why the old shoes?’ the undertaker’s assistant asked. ‘Family request. Apparently they were…

  Iain Kelly

  20/09/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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