Tag: soviet union

• P IS FOR PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

  

  A STORY OF PERESTROIKA IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA (now the CZECH REPUBLIC) ‘My old friend,’ he greeted Phillips with an enthusiastic hug as he had always done. Phillips returned the gesture before resuming his seat. Přemysl took the seat opposite him. They sat facing out from the small coffee shack, looking at the pond and the green park…

  Iain Kelly

  18/04/2018

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

  a to z, A TO Z CHALLENGE, assassin, AtoZchallenge, britain, cold war, creative writing, czech republic, czechoslovakia, double agent, europe, european union, Fiction, Flash Fiction, glasnost, literature, loose ends, murder, noir, park, perestroika, phillips, prague, secret service, Short Story, SIS, soviet union, spies, spring, spy, story, the great game, traitor, Writing, writing prompt

• J IS FOR JYVÄSKYLÄ, FINLAND

  

  A STORY OF JEOPARDY IN JYVÄSKYLÄ Jyväskylä is the Athens of Finland, so they say, due to its role as an educational centre. It was the name given to it in the The Kalevala, the epic poem of collected folk lore and songs by Elias Lönnrot that is considered the national epic of Finland. Juriitta was…

  Iain Kelly

  11/04/2018

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

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• I IS FOR IAȘI, ROMANIA

  

  A STORY OF INSURRECTION IN IAȘI, ROMANIA Stefan heard the loud bang followed by the command to open up. Before he had time to get out of bed the apartment door was battered down and the sound of numerous boots were pounding through his small hallway. They found him in the bedroom. ‘Stefan Prutianu, you are…

  Iain Kelly

  10/04/2018

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

  1989, a to z, A TO Z CHALLENGE, AtoZchallenge, berlin wall, bucharest, Ceaușescu, christmas day, Communism, creative writing, execution, Fiction, Flash Fiction, historical fiction, history, Iași, László Tőkés, literature, National Salvation Front, protest, revolution, romania, Romanian Popular Front, Short Story, soviet union, Stefan Prutianu, story, Târgoviște, Timișoara, Writing, writing prompt