Tag: united states

• THE RETURN

  

  ‘She’s back.’ The word went out. Of course, she’d never really been away. She had always been there, in our hearts and in our minds and in everything we thought and did. The last few years had been tough. Many had suffered. We clung on to the hope that she would one day return to […]

  Iain Kelly

  21/01/2021

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, America, beacon, creative writing, democracy, Fiction, Flash Fiction, freedom, hope, imauguration, literature, new start, president, return, returning, Short Story, statue of liberty, story, sue vincent, suffering, symbol, united states, USA, Writing, writing prompt

• CANADIAN ROCKIES RETIREMENT HOME

  

  ‘You don’t think the mountain range is enough to keep them out?’ ‘Nope,’ Frank spat as he knocked in the last fence post. ‘But if they manage to get over that,’ Giles pointed to the tall peaks in the distance, ‘then this fence isn’t going to stop them.’ Frank threw down the hammer and looked […]

  Iain Kelly

  02/01/2019

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  America, border, canada, comedy, creative writing, Dark humor, dementia, drabble, fence, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, gun, humor, law, legal, literature, memory, property, self defence, senile, Short Story, story, united states, Writing, writing prompt, yankees

• THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

  

  Day Twenty-Two: Today we climbed to the peak above our valley and staked our flag. We had an official ceremony with just original the founders of the New State of America. Later we joined the others building the wall around our border. We don’t want to build barriers, but we have to do something to […]

  Iain Kelly

  25/06/2018

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

  America, barriers, beginning, belief, borders, creative writing, declaration, deportation, equality, families, Fiction, flag, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, government, immigration, independence, liberty, life, literature, new start, new state, politics, protest, refugees, secession, Short Story, story, the pursuit of happiness, united states, war, Writing, writing prompt

• ROBBERY

  

  The headlights on the van flicked off as it drove along the dark street. The van carried on driving for a another block. Without indicating it turned into a narrow alleyway. The driver cut the engine and let the van drift quietly until it came to a rest. ‘Anyone see us?’ the driver asked the […]

  Iain Kelly

  20/10/2017

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fiction, Short Story

  America, CIA, climate change, conspiracy, cover up, creative writing, data, Fiction, Friday Fiction, global warming, greenpeace, langley, lyrics, politics, robbery, scandal, science, Short Story, simply marquessa, spies, spy, story, theft, united states, washington, watergate, wikileaks, Writing, writing prompt