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Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 4

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 4 A Little Dickybird Jenny was returning home from her friend’s birthday party and saw...
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Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 3

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 3 A Giggle In The Garden It was a quiet afternoon in Karmasville and Jenny heard the...
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Seeing life through a prism
Seeing life through a prism Woven throughout the wonderful fabulist works of J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolken and others are a cast of mystical characters...
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Poppies

Poppies Jennifer Pickup 09.07.2024 Amongst the summer crops they each raise a head – Reminding me it’s time to visit the dead, The poppies are...
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Juke Box Jive

As simple as it gets. Image from flicker.com : CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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Getting Published
Like everyone these days, I am an expert. Here are a number of easy rules which virtually guarantee a lucrative publishing contract. (a) buy a...
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Imperfect Beauty

... and by that token, this is very beautiful indeed. Image author's own.
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Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 2

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 Walking In Wonder Jenny was a very quiet girl , different to other girls in primary...
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Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens - Chapter 1

Jenny And The Emperor’s Gardens A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 Sensing A New Wonder Jenny’s first real experience of the Emperor and his enchanted...
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The Gift
The Gift A Short Play By Paul McCann Characters The Gunman The Guitar Man The Landlord Bernadette The Policeman Scene 1 Set – There is a road sign on...
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Malta. Part Nine.

I had an image of what I thought Malta was like, before I went. If I was to describe Malta now that I have been, I would describe it as. Quater...
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Blast, Heave 24
Heave, Blast A Carriage clock, cobwebs, velvet & panelling, marriage photo of Se, photo of Em; alone, he waits. The storm outside Se: Winding...
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Kitty Kitty Cat
Kitty Kitty Cat Where are you at Could it be You're taking a nap Kitty Kitty Cat Come out now I want to play Could it be You're hiding Underneath the...
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Agism or chicanery?
We are all guilty of normal human aging Several media organizations and a few candidates are enjoying making fun of people who are getting older...
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The mine is dry
“The mine is dry.” So saying Mendip held up a hard, dark nugget. “The last in the mine. There is nothing more.” I took the nugget from him. “Is this...
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Here is the News

Good for some, bad for others.
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Watching You, Chapters Nine and Ten
Chapter Nine ‘It’s that stupid bastard …’ McCain growled through his teeth, then jumped from his chair. ‘No, McCain, it’s okay. I’m the one who’s...
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Gisome Palin
“Run around,” he shouted. “Run around.” “Run around.” Gisome Palin believed that football was a simple game and that consequently the best way of...
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When bad news is good news

Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] … Like if we have a warning of danger imminent – a coming great tsunami that we cannot prevent. …
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Jack.

Yesterday, just before he arrived, I had a text to inform me that “Jack will arrive in 15 minutes.” He arrived, and brought with him the parts that...
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