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Burning Desires Part One
The Thatcher and Blair govenments radically changed the lives of working people. Some tried to avoid change, others welcomed the changes and embraced the new opportunities and the new sexual freedom.
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Statement: Hope and Change
"He who scatters the people delights in war" - The Holy Bible Battles are fought, in one way or another, and political fortunes decided... with more...
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- 255 reads
Downpour(7) Upriver
7. Upriver Nick awoke to the sound of tools banging on metal. Sunlight streamed through the shuttered window of an airplane passenger window. Each...
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Whitewash
WHITEWASH From the helicopter we spotted the truck. It had veered off the dirt track into a mound of dry earth. Common enough. Most trucks were...
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Billy Greaves Secret.
My best friend, Billy Greaves, wasn’t the sharpest tool in the box. People used to joke that his shoes had “L” and “R” written on them, just in case...
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Room service
Really? Who gives a flying page of etiquette?
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The Search
The Search It was there alright, just not with the information he assumed would be on it. "Max, we were going to tell you when we thought you were...
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It Takes Two
It Takes Two “Two is greater than one.” They told me in math “It takes two to tango.” That one gave me a laugh So I thought two was pretty great And...
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- 507 reads
Bat Time
It is coming to the end of bat season. The insects are thinning out as the nights get colder, and soon the bats will start their hibernation, a...
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The Autumn Friend
One chilly November day, when the ground was all covered in Autumn leaves and everything sparkled and glimmered with a coating of frost, leaving his...
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Downpour(6): New Glasgow
6. New Glasgow Nick was amazed as Callum led him through the town. It looked as though the castaway had been busy over the ten years since landing...
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Abstract Paintings
After the chemo, the doctor advised that she take up a hobby. For some reason, it was painting. I myself didn’t know about this interest of hers. It...
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Cold Night, An Excerpt from a Novel in the works
She closed the door behind her, carrying only a towel. She disappeared behind the door, the light inside reflecting on the door. Seconds later, I...
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A Simple Gift
A Simple Gift - By Paul McCann . Just a small gift simple and true , A thank you for being here , Gifts are meant for sharing with people like you...
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Same As
Same As - By Paul McCann . Same dream . Same plan . Same things we understand . Same hope . Same prayer . Same secrets that we share . Same heart ...
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The Beautiful Berrima Rose
The Beautiful Berrima Rose By Paul McCann . I saw a rose and thought of her while she lay sleeping in her bed . Beauty is a like a picture book . No...
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Winter Fantasia
Snowman, his coat a trillion frosty threads...crotched by Jack, the naughty mischief maker. Each crystal cast perfect by Boreas. # Blizzard bullies,...
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Amira, Daughter of Aleppo.
U.N....N.A.T.O. majority, action-less vetoes, Western Allies deem her home a no-go. Innocent daughter of once proud Aleppo cowers with cousins in a...
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Statement: on the personal and political
I write you as a young man very likely facing death... and in a vulnerable position because I haven't property owed me by various corporations that...
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