Tag: syria

• DUSK AT THE BORDER

  

  Dusk, the start of the night shift that no one wants to do. Bálint watches the sun dip down across the river, it’s reflection glinting off the water. A week of this to come before he returns to the lazy day shift, relaxing in the warmth of the summer days. In most places, the darkness…

  Iain Kelly

  22/02/2018

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

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• REBEL HELD

  

  The jeep jolted over rough terrain. Phillips struggled to breathe under the thick gauze. His wrists ached where they were strapped together. *** ‘You’ll travel to Idlib. They’ll make contact, then take you to their base somewhere in the An-Nusayrirah mountains.’ ‘Seems awfully thin.’ Phillips said. ‘Our government thinks it’s a chance worth taking if…

  Iain Kelly

  06/09/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• FALLEN TREE

  

  There was a time when my father stood strong. Through any storm his branches protected us. His roots anchored us to the land. His trunk solid and unbending against history. Now the turmoil of time has taken its toll. That once great man lies now broken. Torn down by years of war and violence. Now…

  Iain Kelly

  16/01/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, poem, Short Story

  dark, Death, depression, family, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, history, literature, persecution, poem, poetry, Short Story, story, syria, trees, violence, war