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Winstanley’s Folly

By Makis on Tue, 13 Oct 2026

A story of engineering folly...

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The Unknown Enemy.

By Eric Marsh on Tue, 13 Oct 2026

Chapter 1. The Light that shouldn’t be. The sun was dipping behind the mountains, casting long shadows over the village, but for Nemon, the day was...

The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 12 December. Part 1.

By Eric Marsh on Tue, 13 Oct 2026

Chapter Twelve. A Bike for Christmas. "Billy, go back to sleep. It is only half past five. You are not going down stairs until we all get up and I am...

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Fewer Each Time (1)

By SoulFire77 on Tue, 13 Oct 2026

Odell Tesh unlocked the front door of his father's shop at twenty minutes to nine on Halloween morning and stood in the doorway with the key still in...

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ode to a red rose

By seannelson on Mon, 12 Oct 2026

red rose, rosa roja, red garden rose, flamboyant rose; vivacious red rose; You are true inspiration's flower: the purest genius of botanical colors,...

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A Day in the Life - Part Four

By hudsonmoon on Mon, 12 Oct 2026

I’m writing this from the front porch of my mom-in-law’s house. Molly James is eighty-five years old and fitter than I am at seventy-two. She’s a...

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Idiolectic Idiots

By mark p on Mon, 12 Oct 2026

Idiolectic idiots, running wild on city streets cause friction with diction you wouldn't like to meet. Shouting and swearing, harangues and F-words,...

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the starving dance

By maybeamelia on Mon, 12 Oct 2026

the beginning came suddenly rain, fire, and ash cities extinguished from their place all in an instant “the war to end all wars” they said but they...

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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Nineteen Fifty-Three

By Makis on Mon, 12 Oct 2026

The post war years, continued rationing, and the public yearning for better...

Pavane for bleakness

By CrocodileSun on Mon, 12 Oct 2026

To Confront Her Partner

By The Bitter Poet on Mon, 12 Oct 2026

I’m not the jealous friend you think I am. I watch the tears pool on her favorite T-shirt as she tries to convince me the pain you put her through is...

Drama

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The Doll's House Chapter 10.

By Eric Marsh on Mon, 12 Oct 2026

Chapter 10. The Doll’s House. They left the office together, Smike trailing behind until the guards at the Hall of Remembrance barred his way. Sachel...

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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 11 November Part 2.

By Eric Marsh on Mon, 12 Oct 2026

Later that day when the Foster St Gang tried to add some wood to the pile Graham chased them away snarling like a demented tiger. Eventually we...

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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 11 November Part 1.

By Eric Marsh on Mon, 12 Oct 2026

Chapter Eleven. Graham. "I have just been on the Barracks field," announced Noddy. "What a thrill," I said, unhappily surveying the remains of our...

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Ama Gozen: The Graveyard (3)

By SoulFire77 on Mon, 12 Oct 2026

By the middle of the morning the men had been up the ridge and come down again. The fence was down along the whole of the hollow side, they said, and...

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Writers' Island : Chapter 3 : Nick Makes Himself At Home

By David Kirtley on Sun, 11 Oct 2026

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24/1/20 Victor was one of the organisers. He met Nick and the fellow writers who had come off the boat earlier that afternoon when they arrived at...

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The Reckoning

By emwi on Sun, 11 Oct 2026

The storm raged. The rain lashed. She looked out the window. When the lightning flashed across the sky, she could see the horizontal streaks on the...

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