Tag: war

• NIGHTSTALKERS

  

  ‘Completely self-sufficient,’ he boasted. ‘The wind turns the mill and powers the dynamo at the back to produce electricity.’ ‘And the garden provides food?’ ‘Absolutely.’ ‘Won’t they come and steal from your garden at night?’ ‘That’s what I use the walkway for,’ he pointed up at the platform that circled the windmill halfway up. ‘Stand…

  Iain Kelly

  26/02/2018

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

  claws, comedy, creative writing, danger, doubt, electricity, evacuation, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, food, funny, huburis, humor, humour, invasion, literature, monster, nightstalkers, Short Story, story, war, windmill, Writing, writing prompt

• 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

  #writephoto, border, child, creative writing, dusk, europe, Fiction, Flash Fiction, fleeing, guard, hungary, illegal, immigrants, literature, middle east, mother, movement, night, refugee, river, security, Short Story, story, syria, Thursday Photo Prompt, war, Writing, writing prompt

• HOLD ON TO THE LIGHT

  

  He should’ve gotten on the train. He could’ve been in the countryside with his sister. But he didn’t want to leave Mother in the city. Not with the air raids and bombs falling. Then he had gotten lost trying to get home from the station. The old lady found him and took him to her…

  Iain Kelly

  29/01/2018

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

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• THE AUCTION

  

  ‘Lot 191, ‘The Homecoming’ by H.L. Pritchard.’ ‘This sculpture in the classic Greek style, dating from 1918-19, in bronze. It depicts the artist being held in the arms of her fiancé, Private Graham Colquhoun.’ ‘Ms. Pritchard was inspired to create this work after watching soldiers returning from the First World War being greeted by wives, fiancées…

  Iain Kelly

  28/01/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

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• SPOILS OF WAR

  

  ‘Don’t cross the border,’ his father had pleaded. Cortez sat on what remained of the balcony. ‘Look at me now, Padre.’ His balcony. It would take hard labour to fix the place up, but he had been doing hard labour his whole life. This time though, the work would be for his benefit, not the…

  Iain Kelly

  24/01/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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