Tag: history
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GOOGLE: REPUBLIC
Google Search: How did the United States of America Collapse? The Short Answer:The decline of the Republic began in the early 21st century. Corruption was rife in the halls of power. In 2024, the former president, Donald J. Trump, a convicted felon, was re-elected, defeating Democrat Joe Biden. This sparked the 2nd American Civil War,…
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DEAD ROSES
Dead roses in winter, withered and defeated. The Grand Armée reduced to an icy hell. The villages they entered had nothing to offer. They had stripped them bare of what little they had on their way to Moscow. Starving, frost-bitten and dog-tired, he stumbled on. To drop now meant certain death. No comrade would burden…
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THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS
A body of work. That’s all I have at the end. All of it in the past. What will the future hold? I gave everything, at the expense of family and friends and love and finally, life. All to achieve the goal. The goal set by my leader. Did I do it for my country?…
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ARMISTICE DAY, 1918
‘The decoration’s are a bit much, those candles’ll set the place on fire.’ ‘You hush. We can’t have him coming home to a dull house without some sort of celebration.’ ‘He won’t be back for days yet.’ ‘But we’ll be ready for him when he does come home.’ She stepped down and looked at the…
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THE DARKNESS
This wasn’t where he belonged. He was comfortable in town, in the narrow, dirty streets and rundown boarding houses. He liked to be among people, even though he despised them. He felt comfort in the crowd. But he had to escape. He could feel the darkness descending again. The need. He wanted to resist it.…
Iain Kelly 