Iain Kelly's Blog, page 4

STUMBLE AND FALL

The sun was too weak to melt away the compacted ice. The pathway was pitted and rutted. ‘Like a metaphor for life,’ said Michael, as we walked along. ‘It’s only smooth for little bits here and there, the rest is stumbling your way through.’ ‘Are those supposed to be words of encouragement?’ I was irritable. […]

IT IS ENOUGH

It isn’t much, but it’s more than most have now. It is a roof and solid walls. The oil lamp will give me light during the nights. There is no radio or television or computer, but I have paper and pencil. It is hard to write from my imagination. What I have seen in the […]

PROGRESS

She saddled up the white mare. One last ride across the open plains. Then retirement in the city and her new apartment. Nestled in the distance the farmhouse and barn – the small bit of the world that they had once owned. She thought about the years spent working this land. She thought of her […]

WITCH’S BREW

They say I am a witch. When the water froze over, they said I was in league with the devil. How else could it be explained? It had never been this cold before. Tomorrow I am to burn at the stake. The village will turn out to watch, including him, my lover turned accuser. I […]

COVER REVEAL – ALL WE CANNOT LEAVE BEHIND

With a few weeks to go until the official publication date of February 28th, I am delighted to reveal the cover of my new novel, ‘All We Cannot Leave Behind.’ The book is available to pre-order in paperback now from Waterstones, Amazon, WH Smith, all the usual online booksellers and your local bookshop. Description: Edinburgh, […]

THE STATE TRILOGY KINDLE SALE

For one week starting from Friday 12th January, you can pick up each of The State Trilogy books on Amazon Kindle for just 99p in the UK. On Amazon.com in the US, you can get ‘State of Denial’ and ‘State of War’ for just $0.99. Just follow this link below to pick up your copies […]

REVENGE

Looking down on the busy street below, he watched the tourists gather under the café umbrellas. He resented their presence – the noise, the litter – but most of all their happiness. Happiness had always been denied to him, stuck in his small corner room. Today was the day he would gain his revenge against […]

COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Bells rang out across the city, calling worshippers to service. She stumbled against the wire fence and rested herself there. Broken windows, graffiti, crumbling brickwork – all that was left of the home where she had grown up. She remembered again the nuns, the Father, the other children. She remembered the discipline, the beatings, the […]

THE COLLECTOR

I love to collect all sorts of things – badges, stamps, books, tacky souvenirs, even clothes and shoes. If I see something I like, I have to have it. With the cost of living crisis and losing my job, I can’t afford to buy all the nice things anymore, but when I see something I […]

GREEN ENERGY

The internal combustion engine is long gone. Electric cars are on the way out too. Soon all our vehicles will be plant powered. Garden centres are the new gas stations. Pile the greenery into the tank and off we go, leaving a trail of mulch pouring from the exhaust behind us. Tankers collect the discarded […]