Tag: monarchy

• THE OPPRESSED

  

  The rain poured down. It was freezing. We stood around waiting. There came the fanfare and we all looked towards the balcony. He appeared, his arm raised, a smile on his face. He was surrounded by acolytes, the same people who had days ago been denouncing him on all media outlets. ‘Hail to the King! […]

  Iain Kelly

  19/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, common, coup, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hail, king, leader, literature, media, monarchy, one word challenge, oppressed, oppression, palace, politics, populace, population, power, president, republic, Short Story, story, topical, Writing, writing prompt

• UNEASY LIES THE HEAD

  

  Two lines cut through a wheat field, disappearing towards the ancient standing stones at the crest of a hill. 1st Man: Never seen anything like it. What could’ve made them? 2nd Man: It’s a mobile. 1st Man: What the hell’s a mobile? 2nd Man: An automobile. Not been around for a long time, since the […]

  Iain Kelly

  19/03/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, car, creative writing, crown, dialogue, dystopian, Fiction, Flash Fiction, future, game of thrones, heavy lies the crown, humor, humour, literature, monarchy, play, ruler, scene, shakespeare, Short Story, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, uneasy lies the crown, vehicle, Writing, writing prompt

• CULLODEN

  

  Through hard-falling rain a bird, black from beak to tail-tip, swoops and glides, buffeted by wind that swirls around the surrounding mountains. From the elevated height, black beady eyes see across the flat, windswept moor of the valley. In amongst the heather and wild grass the eyes see something unfamiliar. Wings angled to ride on […]

  Iain Kelly

  11/01/2018

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  1745, aftermath, army, battle, bird, black, bonnie prince charlie, britain, catholic, creative writing, crow, culloden, dead, duke of cumberland, Fiction, Flash Fiction, government, hanover, highland clearances, jacobite, literature, monarchy, no quarter, pitched battle, protestant, rebellion, Short Story, story, stuart, Thursday Photo Prompt, war, wounded, Writing, writing prompt

• REBUILDING

  

  The new Buckingham Palace looked exactly like the old one had from the air. The last remnants of the construction site had almost gone, only a large fence remained, to be removed before the official opening next week. The pilot brought the Boeing 787 Dreamliner round in another long circle over the city as he waited […]

  Iain Kelly

  23/10/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

  aeroplane, bomb, buckingham palace, creative writing, explosion, Flash Fiction, literature, london, monarchy, pilot, plane, rebuilding, Short Story, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, terrorism, Writing