Tag: Iraq

• 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

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• TENSIONS

  

  ‘You see this?’ he asked the captain, handing him the printout. ‘Think we’re in any danger?’ The captain shrugged, scanning the sea beyond the harbour walls, ‘Shouldn’t think so. I don’t see how blowing up a tug boat will bring them much vengeance.’ ‘Still, perhaps we should stow the flag? Make us less visible.’ ‘Perhaps…

  Iain Kelly

  05/01/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

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