Tag: gun control

• REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME

  

  I’m breaking my own rule for once and writing something overtly political: an opinion piece, and it’s just my opinion, so feel free to disagree. Regardless of the eventual outcome of the US Presidential election, more Americans have voted for Donald Trump in 2020 than they did in 2016. Let that sink in. Half of […]

  Iain Kelly

  04/11/2020

  #fowc, Commentary, Non-fiction, Writing

  #fowc, abortion, America, biden, civil, climate, democracy, democrat, election, fundamentalist, gun control, health care, immigration, insane, outcome, pandemic, politics, president, racism, religion, republican, result, riots, senate, state, trump, USA, votes, voting, war, white house

• PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

  

  ‘Man, all three of you couldn’t hit a barn door. Try again.’ Hank loaded a clay into the thrower. ‘Ready?’ ‘Pull!’ The clay disc fired out over the field. Three shots fired off. The clay landed in one piece a hundred yards away. ‘Dammit, these guns is useless,’ whined Dwight. ‘How we expected to hit […]

  Iain Kelly

  03/12/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  2nd amendment, access, America, clay pigeon, constitution, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, gun, gun control, gun laws, gun range, killing, licence, literature, NRA, practice, rights, school, shooting, Short Story, social, society, story, trump, violence, Writing, writing prompt

• GRADUATION PARTY

  

  Balloons hung on the streetlight outside the Patriots Diner. Neon shone in the grey dusk. Warm lights inside glowed. Sam stood behind the counter. A police car sped past, followed by an ambulance. He had stayed open in case he could be of any use. There would be no celebration tonight. ‘The police are now confirming […]

  Iain Kelly

  21/12/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  America, creative writing, diner, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, graduation, gun control, literature, lone gunman, mass killing, massacre, neon, patriot, police, school shooting, Short Story