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you cry, you die
The wagon rattled its teeth out on the corrugations of the western Iraqi desert. It was freezing—the kind of dry, biting desert cold that cuts...
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Fruit Cocktail

im age by David from Pixabay.
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The Bungalow-7

Continued from Chapter 6: The Bungalow-6 | ABCtales Hawke tapped on the back door of No. 49A. Hales looked up from the kitchen worktop and motioned...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Silent Statue.Chapter 3.
Chapter Three. The First Puzzle. Amanderella remained crouched on the smooth stone, her grey travelling dress pooling around her boots. If someone...
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Problems with time. Chapter 10.
Chapter Ten. Nordon. Walking without magic was like walking blindfolded. Normally, Calizone could feel the pulse of the earth, the underground hum of...
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3.3 The Paper Trail
Five years ago, when Zanat first joined the bank, she had worn a headscarf just like Rosa. Idania, on the other hand, had never worn one ever in her...
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MAÑANA - Part Three: Capítulos Gratis

The list went up on the eighteenth, three typed sheets under glass beside the man door. They read it the way they had read the notice, in shifts...
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'Finding the Tunnel & Strange Devices' - Time Tunnel # 6
Finding the Time Tunnel (1984) (1) We arrived in Glasgow, just before 7pm, that would give us time to get our travel bags to the B&B, one of the...
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Late Summer Garden Haiku
Sunflowers rising, Hollyhocks tower above bees, butterflies, birds.
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107!!

She sleeps a lot … not unhappy as in younger years … when …
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Amnesty for Midgley
‘Move your feet, Thomas!’ Ruby waited for half a second then tutted and smacked the broom straight into his ankle. ‘Hey, that’s my worst foot,’ he...
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Watching You Chapters Thirty-Seven & Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Seven ‘So you’re telling me you’ve no idea.’ Preston stared at Jacobs, then raised his eyes to the ceiling. Absolutely not.’ Jacobs...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Silent Statue.Chapter 2.
Chapter Two. Radboon Manor. Amanderella slowed as she passed through the village. People did not scatter, as they once had when she arrived on her...
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Problems with time. Chapter 9.
The next morning, Calizone woke early, though not as early as her host. The widow was already up, moving briskly about the hearth and preparing...
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The Bungalow-6

Continued from Chapter 5: The Bungalow-5 | ABCtales It was getting on for dusk by the time Hawke gained the end of Church Lane; the session at the...
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Blæc Sunne

People said the eclipse would be partial. Nothing dramatic. Nothing like the total ones he had seen on television, viewed from foreign deserts or mountaintops. There would just be a dimming. A bite taken out of the sun. Enough to make the morning feel strange, perhaps. But not enough to stop him going about his day.
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Silent Statue.Chapter 1.
Amanderella and the Statue. Chapter One A Sudden Death. Life for Lady Amanderella Gottsnobbler had settled into a fairly regular routine. She went...
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Problems with time. Chapter 8.

Chapter Eight. Out of Time. A group of weary travellers sat near the hearth, clay mugs in hand, talking quietly. As Calizone passed them, she caught...
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3.2 The Paper Trail
The new Human Resources Manager had joined Mauris Bank a little over a month ago, stepping into an executive post with a private office on the top...
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