Tag: scotland

• THE LOST LEGION

  

  ‘What now?’ screamed Aetius. Another hail of arrows split open the sky, hurtling down on them. On command the surviving legionnaires raised their shields and fended off the onslaught. The screams and cries signalled more men lost. The wild gale battered them, the rain hammered them relentlessly. General Manius stared through the bleak grey storm…

  Iain Kelly

  18/06/2017

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

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• TAM, IN HONOUR OF RABBIE BURNS

  Tam stumbled out the pub into his car. ‘Off home then, Meg,’ he patted the grey metal, named after the horse she had replaced. After several attempts he managed to crank the engine into life and got behind the wheel. He weaved drunkenly along the single track road. As he passed the old church and…

  Iain Kelly

  25/01/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  a tale, ayr, bridge of doon, burn’s day, burns, creative writing, driving, drunk, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, ghosts, graveyard, haggis, literature, nationla poet, robert burns, scotland, Short Story, spirits, story, tam, tam o’shanter, witches, Writing

• THE CONFRONTATION

               The sun shone through the leaves of the oak tree, swaying in the gentle breeze. Their shadows played over Caleb as he sat with his back against the broad trunk, looking along the dusty track. From his carefully chosen vantage point across from the church he could see all…

  Iain Kelly

  28/06/2016

  Fiction, Short Story, Writing

  childhood, confrontation, Fiction, Flash Fiction, kindertransport, literature, refugees, scotland, Short Story, story, war, world war 2, Writing