Tag: secret service

• ALL PART OF THE GAME

  

  It wasn’t fair, Phillips knew, but he had given up any pretence of gentlemanly conduct long ago. Those that played fair ended up dead. He had watched her enter the apartment and check for anything suspicious. She didn’t spot the concealed microphones planted behind the light fittings. When he heard the shower turn on, he…

  Iain Kelly

  16/08/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  agent, assassin, bathroom, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, gun, literature, murder, noir, phillips, secret service, Short Story, shower, spies, spy, story, the great game, Writing, writing prompt

• FLOWERS OF UGANDA

  ‘Pull over here, Kisekka,’ Arnold instructed the driver of the jeep. ‘We are not there yet, Sir,’ Kisekka replied. ‘Kukomesha!’ Arnold utilised one of the few Swahili words he knew. Kisekka brought the jeep to a stop. ‘What’s in there?’ Arnold asked, pointing at the white structures that covered the fields. ‘They grow flowers, Arnold…

  Iain Kelly

  18/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

  africa, agent, child labour, civil war, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flowers, Idi Amin, jeep, kampala, literature, rural, secret service, Short Story, spy, story, swahili, uganda, weapons factory, What Pegman Saw, Writing, writing prompt