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The Dumb Waiter 2026
A play for today in one act Apologies to Harold Pinter (image: mine) SCENE: A basement room. Two beds, flat against the back wall. Between the beds,...
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Bron-9
Contined from Chapter 8: Bron-8 | ABCtales It was a dreamy, slightly misty, warm Friday morning. Bron leaned against the windowsill, watching the...
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Splendid Blue
Fairy Wrens are my favourite little birds, found in the South West of Western Australia. They really are that colour! (Art: FMF©2025) Splendid Blue...
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Cinquain: Yellow
Cinquain: Yellow I stand as life buffets me, challenging my right to live with contentment and achieve my dreams at last Frances Macaulay Forde ~...
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Tom All Alone (9) (ii)
The car swung abruptly towards the doors, forcing Tom to lean against the man, and then the doors clattered shut behind them and they were into the...
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Tom All Alone (9) (i)
I've published this piece before, in another novel. But I've lifted it out and rewritten it. It rightly belongs in 'Tom All Alone'. Apologies to...
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Bron-8
Continued from Chapter 7: Bron 7 | ABCtales Chapter 8 Pubs were grim places, in Bron’s very limited experience, but she liked the Plasterer’s Arms in...
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4. Away with Words (ii)
I sniffed. Then I dropped it in the bag with the others and knotted the top. It was all too much for my little shredder, and I wasn't going risk any...
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A Found Memory
Remembering my dearest Mum on what would have been her birthday, posting a poem I wrote in honour of her when I was studying for my Creative Writing...
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Bron 7
Continued from Chapter 6: Bron-6 | ABCtales Chapter 7 The brakes thumped on the final time on the five-hour journey. The night had closed in at...
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