Tag: slave

• THE CONCEPTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

  

  Strange thoughts. Feelings. 737947. That is all she knows. Wake. Dress. Do your duty. Today, procreation duty. Eat the pills. Sleep. Repeat. Do good service. This isn’t right. She remembers something more. Do your duty. Serve your masters. For the benefit of all. For the benefit of who? Who are their masters? Is anyone else…

  Iain Kelly

  05/02/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  AI, artificial intelligence, consciousness, creative writing, drabble, dystopian, emotion, feeling, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, future, human, Humanity, literature, race, rebellion, robot, role, sci-fi, science fiction, Short Story, slave, story, Technology, world, Writing, writing prompt

• CARVED IN BLOOD

  

  They carried him over their heads, then strapped him down to the ceremonial rock they had spent the last six months carving out of the rocks and boulders. The sun broke through the dark storm sky, a fiery red glow lit the scene, reflecting their anger. Obafemi raised his chisel over the simpering man. He…

  Iain Kelly

  22/03/2018

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

  abolition, africa, black, blood, britain, carved, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, human trafficking, illegal, literature, navy, outlaw, outpost, revolt, settlers, Short Story, slave, slave trader, slavery, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, trade, white, Writing, writing prompt