Tag: orphan

• 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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• S IS FOR ŠIAULIAI, LITHUANIA

  A STORY OF SUBSISTENCE IN ŠIAULIAI, LITHUANIA She threw the rock into the lake and watched the ripples spread across the calm surface. The warm sun beat down on her face. She lay back on the pebbled ground and closed her eyes, taking a draw from the cigarette she had smuggled away with her. How long…

  Iain Kelly

  21/04/2018

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

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• ORPHAN

  

  The metal chair was cold against his thighs, he heard only muffled voices from behind the door. He looked at the shaft of sunlight that played across the wall and floor of the white corridor. Small particles of dust danced in the still air. His mother’s face appeared before him, her kind smile and comforting…

  Iain Kelly

  05/09/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

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