Tag: sacrifice

• SHATTERED DREAMS

  

  He ducked under the blade, but the man crashed into him and they toppled over the barrier and then they were falling towards the lights below. *** ‘Are you breaking up with me?’ She could feel the tears forming. ‘You’ve got the wrong idea.’ Sitting under the magnificent glass ceiling in the opulent ballroom, now…

  Iain Kelly

  26/01/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• INVASION

  

  Forage duty. They try to tell you it’s a privilege, an honour. You’re special, a chosen one. The truth is it’s dangerous. You’re expendable and you’re exposed. Return empty-handed and you will be punished. That’s why I’m still out here as the light fails, still hunting. They only come for us at night. It’s suicide…

  Iain Kelly

  11/04/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, weekend writing prompt

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• HE WAITED SILENTLY

  

  The way was clear, the route less so. They could all picture it. The blue skies, the light glinting on the water, the sand between their toes. And they had been told this was the way, so they followed. Many were soon lost, or sacrificed, or dismissed. The leaders had no time for weakness or…

  Iain Kelly

  10/03/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• THE GIANT’S JOURNEY

  

  Every year one of the giants made the pilgrimage. This year it was the turn of Eindride. The village came out to see him off. The ritual sacrifice to the Gods was part of the Summer Festival, an offering to ensure their safe protection for another year. Armed with only the clothes he was wearing…

  Iain Kelly

  15/08/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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• ARMY OF SHADOWS

  

  Private Michael Boyd was not cut out for war. Or for a life in the army for that matter. He was too slight in build, too short in stature and too vibrant in spirit. But when war was announced he signed up, caught up in the fervour of patriotism. He had never met a German…

  Iain Kelly

  15/11/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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