Tag: phillips

• THE STATE TRILOGY: COMPLETE COLLECTION – NOW AVAILABLE

  For those who follow my blog who might be interested in reading my novels, I’m delighted to announce that The State Trilogy is now available in one complete volume exclusively from Amazon. The State Trilogy: Complete Collection brings together the novels A Justified State, State Of Denial and State Of War in both Amazon Kindle…

  Iain Kelly

  01/03/2021

  Books, creative writing, Fiction, Literature, novel, Publishing, Writing

  #amreading, #amwriting, a justified state, action, adventure, amazon, amazon kindle, assassin, author, book, complete collection, crime, danny samson, deal, detective, dystopian, future, gabriella, indie, indie author, kindle, novel, novels, phillips, political, politics, power, Publishing, sci-fi, self-publishing, state, state of denial, state of war, state trilogy, the state, the state trilogy, thriller, trilogy, Writing

• A JUSTIFIED STATE – BOOK LAUNCH

  My first novel – ‘A Justified State’ – is now available to buy! ‘A Justified State’ is a thriller set in an imagined city of the future. The State is ruled by the socially reformist Central Party Alliance. Poverty and homelessness have been eradicated, but overpopulation, an energy crisis and an ongoing overseas war are threatening…

  Iain Kelly

  03/11/2018

  creative writing, Fiction, novel, Publishing

  a justified state, advert, alliance, amazon, assassin, book, book launch, buy, crime, feedback, Fiction, future, gabriella, kindle, launch, murder, novel, phillips, political, politics, promotion, publish, published, purchase, release, Review, samson, scandal, sci-fi, science fiction, self-publish, share, Social Media, state, suspense, thriller

• P IS FOR PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

  

  A STORY OF PERESTROIKA IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA (now the CZECH REPUBLIC) ‘My old friend,’ he greeted Phillips with an enthusiastic hug as he had always done. Phillips returned the gesture before resuming his seat. Přemysl took the seat opposite him. They sat facing out from the small coffee shack, looking at the pond and the green park…

  Iain Kelly

  18/04/2018

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

  a to z, A TO Z CHALLENGE, assassin, AtoZchallenge, britain, cold war, creative writing, czech republic, czechoslovakia, double agent, europe, european union, Fiction, Flash Fiction, glasnost, literature, loose ends, murder, noir, park, perestroika, phillips, prague, secret service, Short Story, SIS, soviet union, spies, spring, spy, story, the great game, traitor, Writing, writing prompt

• EMBERS

  

  Specks of dancing light floated through the dark sky, borne from the dying fire. There was no more firewood in the barren mountain landscape. It would not take long for the cold to achieve its conquest. Phillips had no choice but to move, to stay in the same place was to die. How much more…

  Iain Kelly

  12/03/2018

  creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  agent, aging, britain, cat and mouse, chase, cold war, creative writing, embers, face off, Fiction, fire, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, game, literature, MI6, mountain, noir, phillips, rivalry, Russia, secret, service, Short Story, SIS, spy, story, tracking, vendetta, wildrerness, Writing, writing prompt

• AFTERMATH

  

  Pale skin made her standout. Too many heads turned in her direction. Assassinations make people suspicious. Years of civil war did that to a country. The heat was heavy and oppressive. The hotel, a ramshackle construction of tin roofs and wooden struts, teetering on collapse. The receptionist, red lips and false eyelashes, eyed her as…

  Iain Kelly

  07/02/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  aftermath, assassin, assassination, blood, civil war, creative writing, drama, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, guatemala, heat, hotel henry berrisford, injury, literature, noir, phillips, political, rescue, revolution, Short Story, south america, spy, story, thriller, Writing, writing prompt