Tag: ship

• PERPETUAL DAYLIGHT

  The sun touched the horizon at midnight. As low as it would go for another month. Aboard the Royal Navy brig Fancy, Percy lay awake in his hammock. Even below deck sunlight seeped in. Thomas snored next to him. Percy turned away from him. Another night without sleep. He was exhausted. They had been at anchor blockading…

  Iain Kelly

  04/02/2017

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

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• REHABITATION

  

  George Washington stood at the bow of the liner as the port came into view. He was aware of the cameras and people around him, the helicopters above, the military ships alongside. He thought about his parents. This was their homeland. They had left before he was born, as part of the evacuation. They had…

  Iain Kelly

  07/12/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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