Tag: rifle

• CAL’S CALLING

  

  The heavy snow deadened the sound of the forest. Despite the swirling snowfall, there was a stillness. Cal lay on the soft ground, his eye press to the sight, his ungloved finger around the trigger, the rifle caressed against his shoulder. His father lay next to him. A hundred yards away the stag raised his…

  Iain Kelly

  17/10/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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• A MURMUR

  

  He watched the black mass moving through the dawn sky. Backlit by the sun’s orange-yellow glow, the sweeping and swooping birds danced in uniformity. It was, he mused, a stunning example of the beauty that could be found in the world. But not for him. For him, beauty in life had ended. There was only…

  Iain Kelly

  19/09/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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