Tag: samson

• ARREST

  

  ‘Give me your shirt,’ Gabriella told him. Danny removed his jacket and shirt and handed it to her. She ripped it into shreds and began wrapping it round Henrik’s chest. ‘It’s a clean wound, in and out. Gone through the lung but he should survive if we get him to a hospital soon enough.’ ‘How […]

  Iain Kelly

  12/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, a justified state, amazon, arrest, book, creative writing, extract, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gabriella, indie author, kindle, literature, novel, novels, one word challenge, paperback, published, sale, samson, Short Story, story, the state trilogy, Writing, writing prompt

• 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

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• PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY

  

  The woman was dead. The cover-up exposed. Samson strode along the corridor of pillars flanked by his team. This was their moment of triumph, yet there was no celebration in what had happened. Their footsteps reverberated on the stone floor, echoing ominously. They crossed the courtyard and stopped at the heavy arch door. Samson knocked. […]

  Iain Kelly

  20/09/2018

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

  #writephoto, cover up, creative writing, crime, detective, Fiction, Flash Fiction, government, literature, murder, pillars, police, politics, prostitute, samson, scandal, sex, Short Story, society, state, story, thriller, Thursday Photo Prompt, Writing, writing prompt

• VIGILANTE

  

  The body had been found a mile away. The blood stains on the park bench, and the ground surrounding it, corresponded to the mutilation seen on the victim. His death had been violent and tortuous. A uniformed officer finished putting up the crime scene tape.  A crowd of onlookers had already gathered. Samson scanned the […]

  Iain Kelly

  06/08/2018

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

  assault, bench, blood, cop, creative writing, crime, detective, detective fiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, homicide, investigation, killer, literature, motive, murder, park, police, samson, scene, Short Story, story, torture, vigilante, Writing, writing prompt

• GOOD AND BAD DO EXIST

  

  Good and bad do exist, but rarely are they black and white. The man was guilty of murder. Samson had no qualms about arresting him – the law was the law – but was he a bad man? He had reacted the way most fathers would. An abused child is a bad thing. One less […]

  Iain Kelly

  30/10/2017

  creative writing, Micro Fiction, Micro Mondays, Short Story

  61, Abuse, bad, creative writing, detective, evil, Fiction, Flash Fiction, good, literature, Micro Fiction, micro monday, moral, murder, pedophile, philosophy, samson, Short Story, society, story, Writing, writing prompt