Tag: world war

• EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK

  

  ‘How about this… Americans harnessed electricity,…’ ‘Yes, very good, Mr. President.’ ‘…we split the atom…’ ‘Well, sir, technically that was a New Zealander.’ ‘…we gave the world the telephone…’ ‘That was a Scotsman, Sir’ ‘…and the internet…’ ‘Tim Berners-Lee was an Englishman working in Switzerland.’ ‘…we settled the Wild West…’ ‘Maybe don’t highlight our record […]

  Iain Kelly

  08/07/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  alexander graham bell, America, astronaut, comedy, creative writing, drabble, electricity, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, history, humor, humour, internet, lie, literature, mars, moon, scottish, Short Story, simplification, story, telephone, tim berners-lee, trump, tweet, untrue, Wild West, world war, Writing, writing prompt

• TO THE VICTOR

  

  To the victor goes the spoils, that’s what they say. There is cheering, waving flags, smiling faces. But it doesn’t feel like winning. Surrounding them is destruction and death. Buildings and homes reduced to rubble. They said the last one would be the war to end all wars. Maybe this one will be. They are […]

  Iain Kelly

  29/11/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Writing Exercise

  99 word, Carrot Ranch, casualties, comrades, creative writing, Fiction, fight, Flash Fiction, friends, heroes, innocence, literature, loser, love, patriotic, reflection, Short Story, spoils, story, victor, war, winner, world war, Writing, writing prompt