Tag: war

• SUNRISE / SUNSET

  

  Peter Jones was born at sunrise on a summer’s day. He enjoyed a happy childhood, living with his loving parents and two older siblings in their small one bedroom tenement flat. He enjoyed playing with his friends, kicking a football up and down the street. At school he enjoyed sports and reading stories of lands…

  Iain Kelly

  20/06/2017

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

  britain, creative writing, d-day landings, Death, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, France, german, gold beach, life, literature, Military, operation overlord, Short Story, sniper, story, sunrise, sunset, war, world war 2, Writing, writing prompt

• SPRING BLOSSOM

  

  The pink blossom signalled the arrival of spring. The temperature turned to a pleasant warmth. The skies were blue, the air was fresh. The sense of a new beginning, a fresh start. Optimism and positivity. Every year the same. The cold, harsh winter left behind. Neighbours emerged from their cocooned houses, smiling and waving. Children…

  Iain Kelly

  23/04/2017

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

  blossom, britain, creative writing, drama, election, Fiction, Flash Fiction, literature, pink, politics, real life, reality, Short Story, spring, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, war, wheelbarrow, Writing, writing prompt

• THE MAN IN THE FOREST

  

  Boris sat in the burnt out car, turning the steering wheel as he screeched round the corners, chased by the polizei. In the forest outside the town of Riedenberg, Boris had stumbled upon the old car. It had been there for decades, plants and grass had surrounded it. He picked up the revolver he had found in the glovebox. The trigger…

  Iain Kelly

  13/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  adventure, bavaria, burnt out, car, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, forest, furher, germany, hitler, horror, literature, nazi, overgrown, riedenberg, Short Story, story, war, world war 2, wreck, Writing, writing prompt

• GOD BLESS THE CAUSE FOR WHICH I DIE

  The St. Patrick’s Day celebrations were over. An old drunk started singing ‘The Dying Rebel.’ ‘I never would have thought those songs would be anything but historical,’ said the red-haired woman. ‘I never thought they’d put up a border posts across Ireland again,’ the man replied. He looked at the woman. ‘We need to make…

  Iain Kelly

  11/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

  America, bomb, border, brexit, britain, consequences, creative writing, Dublin, europe, european union, Fiction, Flash Fiction, ireland, literature, northern ireland, politics, republican, Short Story, st patrick’s day, story, terrorism, the dying rebel, the troubles, war, What Pegman Saw, Writing, writing prompt

• WAR CRIME

  

  Snowflakes glistened, falling through the electric light. A blanket of innocence covering sin. The same as that night in Kabul. The funeral had been mercifully brief. Another of the unit was gone, only I remained. Still no one suspected me. The Military Court said we were innocent. I knew differently. I still see her pleading…

  Iain Kelly

  22/02/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  Afghanistan, Avenge, Court, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Kabul, literature, Military, murder, Rape, revenge, Short Story, sin, snow, story, violence, war, War crimes, Writing