Tag: historical fiction

• H IS FOR DEN HAAG (THE HAGUE), NETHERLANDS

  A LETTER OF HOPE FROM DEN HAAG (THE HAGUE), NETHERLANDS 28th July 1899, Den Haag, Netherlands My Darling Alix, I hope you are keeping well in my absence, and that our new arrival, Maria Nikolaevna is not giving you sleepless nights. I long to be back with you and our girls in the Motherland and…

  Iain Kelly

  09/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• PRELUDE TO BATTLE

  

  Titus Valerius looked out over the grey water of the Adriatic Sea. The view was as bleak as his prospects. It had been a year since he had seen Rome and his beloved Domitilla. When he had joined the army he had dreamed of travelling the world, amassing victories and returning home triumphant. With the…

  Iain Kelly

  23/11/2017

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

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• BLOODHOUND LAW

  The steamboat Yellowstone sat at the dock. The new boat for the American Fur Company was due to depart up the Mississippi later that day. Grafton Edgefield looked out between wooden planks. He hadn’t eaten since he’d arrived in St. Louis three days ago. His clothes were in pieces, his bare feet shredded. He’d avoided the slave…

  Iain Kelly

  04/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

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• PERPETUAL DAYLIGHT

  The sun touched the horizon at midnight. As low as it would go for another month. Aboard the Royal Navy brig Fancy, Percy lay awake in his hammock. Even below deck sunlight seeped in. Thomas snored next to him. Percy turned away from him. Another night without sleep. He was exhausted. They had been at anchor blockading…

  Iain Kelly

  04/02/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

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