Tag: indonesia

• EXTENDED VACATION

  

  Archie strolled back from the shop, newspaper under his arm. Another fine Mediterranean morning. In the campervan, Agnes was still in bed. Archie settled down in his seat to read the headlines. Iran had retaliated against America with missile fire. A commercial aeroplane had gone down. He turned the page. Bush fires in Australia. Not…

  Iain Kelly

  08/01/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  aeroplane, affairs, America, australia, bush fires, climate change, crash, creative writing, Dark humor, disaster, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, floods, Friday Fictioneers, global warming, holiday, indonesia, iran, Iraq, life, literature, missiles, New year, politics, real world, reality, Short Story, state, story, vacation, war, world, Writing, writing prompt

• FARAWAY, SO CLOSE

  

  Now so calm, so peaceful. Even beautiful. Pink sky and blue clouds reflected in the deep blue water. But she could no longer see beauty in the world. Not here, looking out where the Makassar Strait met the Celebes Sea. The violence of the tsunami was gone now. The serene water held the dead below.…

  Iain Kelly

  04/10/2018

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

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