Tag: power

• RIGHTEOUS REVOLUTION

  

  Elevating elevators lifting the righteous rich towards Heaven. Glittering gold and shimmering sheen. Momentous money mountains. Malevolent me, here to enact vicious vengeance. They can’t / won’t / must not get away with it. Litigious lawyers run rings round rigged rulings. Judges adjudicate in favour of backhand bribes. The little man misses out. The little…

  Iain Kelly

  22/09/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• 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

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• THE ROAR OF THE CROWD

  

  Hushed anticipation. He lined up the free-kick. This was it. His chance. He pictured it in his mind. The flight the ball would take as it left his foot. The swerve and arc that would send it right into the top corner of the goal. The net billowing and straining to contain the power. A…

  Iain Kelly

  23/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, ageing, career, comedy, creative writing, crowd, dad, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, football, free-kick, glory, goal, goalkeeper, humor, humour, literature, moment, net, power, roar, Short Story, shot, son, sport, story, strike, Writing, writing prompt

• 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

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• ANTICIPATION

  

  It was time. The anticipation building up to this moment had been growing as the weeks, then days, then hours had slowly ticked by. He hooked up the antique laptop to the power supply and prayed it would work. It seemed to take an age running through the start up process. It was definitely getting…

  Iain Kelly

  03/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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