Tag: silence

• 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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• GABRIELLA

  

  He shifted the pawn forward and sat back. He undid the top button of his shirt and took a slug of the oaky scotch. ‘You don’t have to hide, I know you’re here,’ he called out to the empty room. A head of chestnut hair rose silently from behind the chessboard. How had she managed to […]

  Iain Kelly

  31/10/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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