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Colours for Kids 6)

By Rhiannonw on Fri, 29 Mar 2019

… and a parakeet …

Children's

herring gull gallantry

By Di_Hard on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

If you wait till half past six there's cheap bread at the Co op or donuts for 16p. So now, after chores are done I put on my coat (it's still cold...

Away Up High

By mcscraic on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

Away Up High By Paul McCann A prisoner in the world dematerialized by destructive words that criticise , I’ve had enough now so I’ve gone to live on...

Miscellaneous

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Falsely Accused By Billions

By randy-johnson on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

I bought a shotgun at a flea market without knowing that it was used to commit a horrible crime. The former owner used the shotgun to kill an entire...

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Seasons of Hinksey Pool

By markle on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

The last swim in Hinksey Open Air Pool, south Oxford, before it closes for the winter is always a bittersweet experience. For those of us who swim...

Nature

Non-fiction

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Golden Days By Golden Pond

By skinner_jennifer on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

Eleanor sits with husband Albert on the terrace by Golden Pond both enjoying their breakfast while bright sun shone all around, he eats golden...

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Hunting for Duck (6)

By HarryC on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

Concluding part.

Hunting for Duck (5)

By HarryC on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

I made myself a coffee and sat down to look through my pages. I sat for almost an hour, crossing out bits with a pencil, making notes in the margins...

Hunting for Duck (4)

By HarryC on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

Sal's sister, Marlene, has arrived for a short stay after Nate, her last boyfriend, left her. (image: mine)

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The Green Bowl

By luigi_pagano on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

In search of antiquities.

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Colours for Kids 5)

By Rhiannonw on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

… pretty pink blossom of a cherry tree drifting down like pink-petal snow …

Children's

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Cursed Pet Sematary

By randy-johnson on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

I have a story to tell but it's not for the faint of heart, it is scary. I bought a farm and discovered that it has a cursed Pet Sematary. I buried...

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not just a citrus

By Di_Hard on Wed, 27 Mar 2019

Sunny smelling mangoes and carrots for a snowman's nose rough and griity builders' sand or some ducks from knees to toes. Pumpkins carved on...

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Hunting for Duck (3)

By HarryC on Wed, 27 Mar 2019

Marlene lived fifty miles up the line, and Sal drove off on the Sunday morning to go pick her up. She’d wanted me to go, too, but I’d planned to get...

Hunting for Duck (2)

By HarryC on Wed, 27 Mar 2019

So the day comes and they pull up in this big purple Olds, Nate driving. And here was a team. Bonnie and Clyde gone crazy as fuck. Marlene – skirt up...

Hunting for Duck (1)

By HarryC on Wed, 27 Mar 2019

Those lonesome city nights when it’s raging out there with the rain and the traffic, the sirens howling, the cross-block shouts of crazy drunks, and...

Anything!

By Lou Blodgett on Wed, 27 Mar 2019

Self-actualization through a high-fiber diet.

Humour