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Parental guidance suggested for children

Shauna Woo 4

Where had I entered the world? Was this a world of utter darkness? Where was I? It was like I was going through a tunnel of utter darkness. I could...
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Tight as a Boiled Owl

A quaint Victorian tale of family togetherness, and drunkardly behaviour. Special thanks must go out to my girlfriend, Annabelle Wells, who shared a post on Facebook, which provided the inspiration and source material for the Victorian slang terms in this piece. Thank you, sweetheart. I love you. Explanations of the various terms will be footnoted at the end of the piece .
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Jazz

Love to trip those violet sounds...so much music transcending, chance of energy taking hold divine...thousand notes intermingle; stirring emotional...

Yanker and Me - A Dog's Tale

Just call me dog. It’s what I am. My man puts me on a leash, and I don’t like it. People call him James. I call him Yanker. Idiot with a leash. I’d...
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Road Rash II

Twenty-six years ago, I bought what quickly became one of my favorite Sega Genesis games. Road Rash II. It is a motorcycle racing game. You race...

Shauna Woo 3

You see why I wanted to leave home so badly. All this attention that I was getting was making me sick. I wanted to go somewhere where no one knew me...
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Gym Shorts and Sneakers 1963

Sister Elizabeth marched the third-grade class down the stairs and into the gymnasium. “I’ll leave you boys in the hands of Mr. Greenfield,” said the...

You Faux?

You Faux? I’ve seen things in the sky, did they see me too? They came and struck me in the eye, did they teach me true? Something happened yesterday...

When the Saints are Against You... The King Arthur-James IV Link?

It was a bare few weeks before the Battle of Flodden between England and Scotland in the autumn of 1513. King James IV was determined to enter...

Did Satan Issue a Roll-Call of the Scottish Dead Before Flodden?

The substantial quote below is from Robert Pitscottie's History and it relates how, a short time before the slaughter of the Battle of Flodden, a...