Tag: volunteer

• CROSS OR CRESCENT

  

  A cross or a crescent, why did it matter? The blood was always red, it ran the same no matter where they sent her. The victims needed the same things no matter what banner flew over their camps. Some chose to find offence in the cross, some in the crescent. All either symbolised was their…

  Iain Kelly

  20/08/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #amwriting, #writephoto, aid, belief, beliefs, camp, camps, christianity, creative writing, disaster, doctors, faith, Fiction, Flash Fiction, help, islam, literature, natural, nurse, red crescent, red cross, refugees, religion, Short Story, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, tragedy, volunteer, war, Writing, writing prompt

• FIELD HOSPITAL

  

  Woozy. Sweat. Open eyes. Peeling paint, damp patches, broken ceiling fan. Movement next to me. Moist sheets. Another person. She moans. Dark hair, dark skin. Vague memories. A bar, drinking, her smiling face. Sit up, look round. Dilapidated. Head thumping. Air oppressive. Dry throat. Stagger to the window. Old, wooden frame. Open it. Humid air.…

  Iain Kelly

  11/04/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  aftermath, awakening, creative writing, day, disaster zone, doctor, downtime, Fiction, field hospital, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, healing, hot, humid, literature, natural disaster, night, relax, sex, Short Story, story, surgeon, surgery, sweat, triage, unwind, victims, volunteer, war, Writing, writing prompt