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My Dinosaur Era Chapter 10 Rewrite

By beanzie on Thu, 01 Jan 2026

the door to the pub is closed it’s already midday I keep walking never breaking stride once more around the block pretend to the world that I’m just...

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ballad of storms of silence

By Nolan on Thu, 01 Jan 2026

listen to the roar of storms listen to the roar of gales! listen to the hymns of silence do you hear the song of songs? ~ hear the gentle silence of...

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Smoke-Free For Two Years

By randy-johnson on Thu, 01 Jan 2026

Something wonderful happened two years ago. On January 1, 2024, I gave up all forms of tobacco. I've been smoke-free two years today. I decided to...

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Mother Of Cleansing

By mcscraic on Thu, 01 Jan 2026

Mother Of Cleansing By Paul McCann Mother of cleansing help us to wash the black marks from our face of tears we have cried in years of disgrace ...

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GOODBYE, SOUL BROTHER -1 Cont

By TJW on Wed, 31 Dec 2025

Lef rye lef hada lef rye lef out of the major’s (Zev’s) quarters, back into the boonies. A female FuPeg bows. Tiny creatures. The males are small...

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My Dinosaur Era Chapter 9 Rewrite

By beanzie on Wed, 31 Dec 2025

still editing. not even sure if I have the mental energy to even try and submit another manuscript. the eternal nightmare of the writer. ugh. happy new year

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All the best...

By SteveHoselitz on Wed, 31 Dec 2025

Not such a happy new year, really...

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Winter Landscapes

By Rhiannonw on Wed, 31 Dec 2025

Dark brown fringe upon blue sky …

Nature

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"Of all the trees..."

By philwhiteland on Wed, 31 Dec 2025

I thought the Holly and the Ivy might have something to say at this time of year?

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Bron-1

By Ivan the OK-ish on Wed, 31 Dec 2025

Chapter 1 She hit the surface of the water, arms and legs spreadeagled, with a crash rather than a splash. “MAM!” she shrieked. The cold hit her like...

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Sub Rosa

By nosferatu2 on Wed, 31 Dec 2025

not wholly autobiographical.

Romance

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On the Patch Where the Strawberries Grew

By Turlough on Wed, 31 Dec 2025

Remembering my own Angel of the North, my Sunderland grandmother Grace Erskine, on her special night of the year.

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Atlas of the Drowned Country

By SoulFire77 on Wed, 31 Dec 2025

The realtor calls it waterfront. The water is in the kitchen. We sleep upstairs. We've always slept upstairs. The first floor belongs to the crabs...

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I won’t tell but I know why you don’t like the festive season-

By Pingles on Tue, 30 Dec 2025

It’s everyone asking, and wanting to know if you’re one thing or another, married or still living in the city- And for as long as you remember, you...

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