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A Day in the Life - Part Five
The crew arrived twenty minutes late to the plane. Why is ‘hangover’ the first word that came to mind? But they came, and now they fly. I reach for...
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The Unknown Enemy.Chapter 3.
Chapter 3. A Smuggler hears too much. Old Mello cursed as his mule picked its way along the frozen track. The path was barely wide enough for the...
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Amanderella and the Gooseberry Mystery. Chapter 2 Part 2
She hurried down the alleyway toward the quiet, dusty sanctuary of the bookshop. Unlike the fruit stall and the millinery, the bookshop was utterly...
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Amanderella and the Gooseberry Mystery. Chapter 2 Part 1
Chapter Two. Following the Clues. Amanderella paid for her hairdressing, gave Miss Hutter a generous tip, and left the salon with Monsieur Chevalier’...
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bonfire night
This is now That was when Big boots and brown-shirted men Splashed through ash and falling rain Lost faces, crinkled eyes and loud cries Token loads...
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Old Walls - Part 6
There was something about waiting for the perfect moment which caused all Simon’s internal systems to speed up, his heart rate accelerated, his...
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above the clouds
i simply follow orders words from above a commander, an officer, a general with the press of a button or the push of a lever a home set afire,...
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Hope Street
Umm... it's about... being disappointed - by the high heid yins, I suppose.
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Selworthy
Weather sleeps here, Alighting softly on ancient gates; Cosseting leather; percolating Bone and shadow; distinguishing Medieval brick. Beyond the...
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Morning Music
A poem that sets morning to music...
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Amanderella and the Gooseberry Mystery.
Chapter One. The Woman in the Third Chair. Amanderella Gottsnobbler sat before her mirror, studying her reflection with the calmness of someone who...
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The Unknown Enemy.Chapter 2.
Chapter 2. Fear wakes a village. Nemon scrambled down the stairs so fast his boot slipped on the smooth stone. He slammed against the wall, his...
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MUSSELS
MUSSELS Miran worked the pocket knife like a lever, sliding it up and under the mussels until they came free of their moorings. She held each clump...
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Fewer Each Time (3)
The cold went through his coat at once. He stood on the walk with his back to the door and his hands in his pockets and looked at the square. It was...
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The Bungalow-23
Continued from Chapter 22: The Bungalow-22 | ABCtales ‘Theatre, pure theatre.” The old man pronounced the word with an upper-class drawl – ‘the-ar-...
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Hoard (Episode 41 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid)
Dolly enjoys her time in the shop but there is dirty work afoot, in the garden!
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Frankenplot: Carny
Carny They call her carny. She disagrees. But deep down she knows it to be true. Deception runs in the family. An emerald-coloured heavy tent flap...
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Fewer Each Time (2)
When the woman turned the stroller and went off along the square, the children walking beside her, Odell went back to the office. He sat down in...
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Friends Reunited
The pub smelled of stale beer, cigarette smoke and Shake’n’Vac. The kind of pervasive smell that had clung to its fake timbers for more than three...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 12 December. Part 2.
"Bless you, no," replied the man who had been examining Simon, very gently and carefully. "He looks to have broken his leg and his wrist. He will...
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