Tag: revenge

• WAR CRIME

  

  Snowflakes glistened, falling through the electric light. A blanket of innocence covering sin. The same as that night in Kabul. The funeral had been mercifully brief. Another of the unit was gone, only I remained. Still no one suspected me. The Military Court said we were innocent. I knew differently. I still see her pleading…

  Iain Kelly

  22/02/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  Afghanistan, Avenge, Court, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Kabul, literature, Military, murder, Rape, revenge, Short Story, sin, snow, story, violence, war, War crimes, Writing

• CHASING PAPER DRAGONS

  

  Lucas finished folding the paper dragon and added it to the pile in the middle of the empty room. Three hundred and sixty-five paper dragons. Three hundred and sixty-five days since he had last chased the dragon. A whole year clean. Three hundred and sixty-five days since Angie had chased the dragon too hard and…

  Iain Kelly

  19/02/2017

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

  Chasing the dragon, creative writing, dragon, drama, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Knife, literature, Origami, Paper dragons, revenge, Short Story, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, violence, Writing

• REVENGE

  The sunlight slowly peeked through the cloth that covered the window, and with it emerged the familiar sounds of the countryside awakening. Hens were scratching around the yard and clucking to one another, the birds chattered and sang on the rooftop and in the distance Farmer Pierrot’s mule could be heard braying. Sebastian propped himself…

  Iain Kelly

  06/08/2016

  creative writing, Fiction, Writing, Writing Exercise

  barn, breakfast, character, countryside, creative writing, dordogne, farmyard, Fiction, Flash Fiction, french, revenge, Short Story, sunrise, sword, Writing, writing course