Tag: sunlight

• DIANA

  

  Lise blinked as the light glinted in the small window. The sheet beneath her was cool against her skin. She lay on her side and watched the sun play on her pale flesh. Lifting her hand she placed it on her stomach. Auguste would notice the broadening abdomen soon. Today he promised to finish. He…

  Iain Kelly

  12/07/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• PERPETUAL DAYLIGHT

  The sun touched the horizon at midnight. As low as it would go for another month. Aboard the Royal Navy brig Fancy, Percy lay awake in his hammock. Even below deck sunlight seeped in. Thomas snored next to him. Percy turned away from him. Another night without sleep. He was exhausted. They had been at anchor blockading…

  Iain Kelly

  04/02/2017

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

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