Tag: soldiers

• C IS FOR CORK, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

  

  A STORY OF CONFLICT IN CORK, IRELAND ‘The bastards wouldn’t let us put out the fires. The city has burnt to the ground.’ ‘Sit down, Conor, please.’ Imogen pleaded with her husband. ‘You’ll wake the baby.’ ‘It won’t end now. The Republicans will want revenge. They’ll hit back harder. I saw Jimmy heading away with…

  Iain Kelly

  03/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  a to z, A TO Z CHALLENGE, arson, AtoZchallenge, britain, burning, catholic, conflict, cork, creative writing, eire, europe, european union, Fiction, fire, fire fighters, Flash Fiction, independence, IRA, ireland, liberty, literature, protestant, republic of ireland, republicans, sectarianism, Short Story, soldiers, story, struggle, troubles, Writing, writing prompt

• INFORMANT

  

  Chavy watched the dusty streets of Phnom Penh gradually fade away behind him. The  brown water of the Mekong river disappeared to the east while the bus headed north. The roads changed from tarmac to dust. The buildings from stone to wood. The beggars remained regardless. The bus stopped. ‘Checkpoint,’ the young white man next…

  Iain Kelly

  23/09/2017

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

  cambodia, creative writing, diplomat, Fiction, Flash Fiction, genocide, history, informant, information, intelligence, khmer rouge, killing fields, literature, phillips, pol pot, secret service, Short Story, smuggle, soldiers, spy, spycraft, story, thriller, traitor, What Pegman Saw, Writing, writing prompt