Tag: hanging

• THE HANGING ROOM

  Somewhere in the rural midwestern USA, after the war has ended. ‘Why bomb a barn way out here? They’ve blown the roof right off. ‘Never had a roof. Was meant to be like this.’ ‘Why have a barn with no roof. What was it for?’ ‘Hangings.’ ‘Really?’ ‘Yeah. Could get about ten on each bar. […]

  Iain Kelly

  27/07/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  America, apocalypse, camps, creative writing, dark, dark comedy, Death, dystopian, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flowers, Friday Fictioneers, hanging, humour, literature, midwestern, murder, Short Story, story, war, Writing, writing prompt

• I SWEAR

  

  I swore fidelity to the crown and to my husband. I knew as I uttered the words to both, solemnly and with reverence, that I would keep neither. The marriage was arranged and brokered between the families. A marriage of business and politics. It was polite and kind and never hurtful, but it was passionless […]

  Iain Kelly

  27/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, business, creative writing, crown, Death, drama, Fiction, fidelity, Flash Fiction, hanging, historical fiction, infidelity, intrigue, literature, love, marriage, politics, rebel, redemption, Romance, Short Story, spy, story, Writing, writing prompt