Tag: spy
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THE BRIDGE BETWEEN LOVE AND DEATH
The bridge at dusk. A romantic affair, a couple joined arm-in-arm, leaning against the side wall, exchanging stolen kisses and private smiles. How she longed for that to be her life. Instead she waited for her contact. Five minutes past the hour. They were late. How long before she aborted? The couple resumed their evening…
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AFTER THE STORM
He put the flask of scotch and two tumblers on the makeshift table and sat in a plastic chair. Puddles of water swirled round his feet, bits of flotsam were strewn everywhere, broken trees lined the beachfront. It was a matter of waiting. Waiting to see who turned up. Waiting to see if it was…
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ROGUE AGENT
My wrists were tied to a wooden bar. The door closed and I was alone. A switch clicked and light flooded the room and spilled through the fabric of the sack over my head. ‘Hello?’ A hand pulled the sack away and I looked into his face. ‘So you found me,’ he said. ‘What should…
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BERLIN
It was gibberish to him. Maybe they could make something out of it back at the Circus. That’s what the codebreakers were there for after all. He made a mental note to forward on the complete transcript of the interrogation as soon as it was ready. Maybe he just didn’t want to believe what he…
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I SWEAR
I swore fidelity to the crown and to my husband. I knew as I uttered the words to both, solemnly and with reverence, that I would keep neither. The marriage was arranged and brokered between the families. A marriage of business and politics. It was polite and kind and never hurtful, but it was passionless…
Iain Kelly 