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Steelie 20

A minor-key waltz floated in the ether and then disappeared into the screeching metal of an overhead train on the train bridge near Zoologischer...
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Steelie 19

The boy was growing tired. Von Stehle could see it in the way his head lagged to one side and the way he no longer caressed the material like he was...
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Cherry

Steelie 18

Von Stehle finds himself whispering too. ‘What kind of help?’ ‘The usual kind of help a woman in my position needs.’ Brittleness and bitterness in...
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Story of the week

The Thin Line.

He cut another line. So thin, it was more burn than sweet. He adjusted his collar, itchy with sweat and straightened his black tie. The toilet stall...
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Cherry

Steelie 17

Von Stehle breathes the sooty air, which carries the coldness of the Alps. He considers how to answer the boy in a way in which he might understand...
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Ah, a grand story. And wasn't

Posted on Fri, 02 Oct 2026

Ah, a grand story. And wasn't Collins a big man, brought low or vice-versa? 

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Posted in Say No To Him

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letters seem to resonate more

Posted on Fri, 11 Sep 2026

letters seem to resonate more. But I guess we've lost what was. 

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writers...an untrustworthy

Posted on Wed, 30 Sep 2026

writers...an untrustworthy bunch. Much worse than pirates!

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Posted in Writer's Island : Chapter 2

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cheers soul. I'm not the

Posted on Wed, 30 Sep 2026

cheers soul. I'm not the smartest person to ask anything, although I am a person, so I'm half right in most cases or 30%, whatever is commoner. 

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Posted in Frankenplot: The Black Stone.

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everything does feel right.

Posted on Wed, 30 Sep 2026

everything does feel right. great story. 

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Posted in The Less Miserables Find a Way (3)

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It all makes sense. again and

Posted on Tue, 29 Sep 2026

It all makes sense. again and again. 

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Posted in The Less Miserables Find a Way (2)

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carousel of meaningless. You

Posted on Wed, 30 Sep 2026

carousel of meaningless. You've caught the bug. We all have. Charity shops are where the battle-lines are drawn. 

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I had to google Lenore,

Posted on Tue, 29 Sep 2026

I had to google Lenore, Nevermore. That porn stuff will never catch on.  

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Posted in Frankenplot: The Hacker

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cheers Jay (soulfire), we're

Posted on Sat, 26 Sep 2026

cheers Jay (soulfire), we're all working on sideprojects. I enjoy reading yours. 

thanks Kat, yeh brought up Catholic. Separate schooling and all that crap. I wish we'd stop doing that to each other. 

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Posted in Frankenplot: Dark is the light.

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He did good and it could

Posted on Thu, 24 Sep 2026

He did good and it could almost be true, the way most good stories are. 

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Posted in Frankenplot: "He Did Fine" (3)

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