Tag: somme

• ARMY OF SHADOWS

  

  Private Michael Boyd was not cut out for war. Or for a life in the army for that matter. He was too slight in build, too short in stature and too vibrant in spirit. But when war was announced he signed up, caught up in the fervour of patriotism. He had never met a German…

  Iain Kelly

  15/11/2018

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

  #writephoto, battle, centenary, century, commemoration, creative writing, Fiction, first world war, Flash Fiction, great war, history, lest we forget, literature, patriotism, poppies, remembrance, sacrifice, shadows, Short Story, somme, story, they shall not grow old, Thursday Photo Prompt, verdun, war, world war 1, Writing, writing prompt, ypres

• B IS FOR BIRKIRKARA, MALTA

  A STORY OF BENEVOLENCE IN BIRKIRKARA, MALTA ‘When the rain comes here it floods the valley. Often we had to leave our home and take with us what we could carry. I used to love the nights we had to spend camping on the hill before we could return home.’ Luċija rolled over on the lush…

  Iain Kelly

  02/04/2018

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

  a to z, A TO Z CHALLENGE, AtoZchallenge, benevolence, birkirkara, brexit, britain, creative writing, Death, europe, european union, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gallipolli, hospital, injury, literature, love, malta, manchester, nurse, recuperation, Romance, Short Story, somme, story, valetta, war, world war 1, Writing, writing prompt