Tag: society
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A FANTASY
‘…the castle was saved and the dragon was slain.’ The boy finished reading and looked up. ‘Very good, Michaels. Back to your seat. Right, who’s next? Hines?’ Freddy stood up nervously, fumbling his jotter, and made his way to the front of the class. ‘We haven’t got all day, boy. Start reading.’ ‘Yes sir,’ Freddy…
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GETTING BACK TO NORMAL
Archie stretched up and swung the hammer, managing to nudge the satellite dish. ‘How about now?’ he shouted through the window. Agnes checked the television. ‘Still nothing.’ Archie sighed. He was not going to miss the first live football match in four months because the satellite signal was on the blink. He made another lunge…
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AIRPORT ’19
Full body scanners rang alarms sporadically, accompanied by flashing red lights. Body and bag searches caused extended queues. Once past the security gate the hollow muzak was interrupted to remind people not to leave their luggage unattended. Security dogs snarled. The guards walked around with hands on machine guns. CCTV cameras kept a watchful eye…
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AFTER THE FALL
The ruined building had only one window left intact. On it was a star. ‘Your star.’ ‘What do you mean, Father?’ ‘The star of David. It belonged to a religion, long ago.’ ‘A religion?’ ‘Like a belief, a faith. People gathered to worship their God.’ ‘People believed Gods were real?’ ‘Before science had given us…
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THEIR TRANQUIL PLACE
Their own quiet spot: the water brown from the muddy bed; the beach a mixture of sand and silt; the tree that grew out horizontally from the water’s edge before curving up towards the heavens. It was here they had first stolen away together, away from the group of friends hanging around the park in…
Iain Kelly 