The Sniper: Short Stories, #1

By Keegan Holley

Tommy a young man who fights in the Irish Civil War is trapped in High Street on the clock tower he fights through a heated battle coming to terms with his fate and challenges.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Keegan Holley
• Release date: Dec 19, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223864127

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The Sniper

A Short Story

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By Keegan Holley

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INTRODUCTION

Tommy, a young Irish lad from Dublin, Ireland is in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the height of a conflict. Armed with only his sniper rifle, a pistol and a knife he takes refuge in a high rise clock tower that gives him a birds eye view on the Irish city of Belfast during the early 1900’s. Tommy must eliminate his targets and get out of Belfast. This short story is inspired from an earlier version I wrote in my childhood.

Chapter 1: A Birds Eye View

On the highest clock tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland a young man about 19 or twenty years of age of slim