Tag: terrorist
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TERRORIST
Blackness enveloped the city. The power curfew began at midnight. The grid was shutdown. Homes were silent. Streetlights dark. A flicker of rare candlelight betrayed the restaurant or club that refused to close. An occasional set of car headlights crept passed, driven by those lucky enough to still have access to the electricity needed to…
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DEFIANCE
They sat by the sea watching children play on the beach. ‘Alright?’ he put his arm around her shoulder. The tears slowly running down her face gave him his answer. It had taken her twenty years to return. Years of pain and guilt. She had been their teacher. They had trusted in her. She was…
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DELAYED
They had been waiting for three hours in the airport terminal. The departure boards were full of yellow-highlighted rectangles reading ‘DELAYED.’ The fog looked thicker than ever out the window. The children were climbing on the seats again. ‘Joe get down from there and let go of your sister,’ Claire said. The kids ignored her. Pete…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
She glanced at her watch again, then out the window at the black sky. From the street below they could hear the crowd counting down. The man tried to shout through the tape over his mouth, jerking his body on the chair he was tied to. 3…2…1… Midnight struck. The first firework soared into the…
Iain Kelly 