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Footprints

By Terrence Oblong on Sat, 02 Dec 2023

Footprints “This is an astonishing finding,” said Prof Bickley. “This trail of bird-like footprints has been dated at 200 million years old, a unique...
Miscellaneous
Story
Certificate 15
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Up to the Hoar Frost

By Rhiannonw on Sat, 02 Dec 2023

The sun is shining, hardly a cloud in the big blue sky. Drive up the steep hill from Church Stretton, (a bit icy, careful – precipice to the right … white ‘flowers’ on the dead ferns …
Nature
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate U
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Wellness?

By drkevin on Sat, 02 Dec 2023

I love my cottage granary loaf bread. It fills my belly with sandpaper lead. To the health guru nostrums I am wed. Such a diligent follower, my face...
Nature
Opinion
Other Fiction
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate 12
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Malign Intent - Teaser Chapter - A Funeral in Kilkenny / book release January 2024

By Robert Craven on Sat, 02 Dec 2023

A funeral in Kilkenny The Massey TE20 operated by a man in a sombre black suit and mid-crown top hat was pulling a low trailer with a wicker coffin...
Story
Certificate U
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The right to play

By Itane Vero on Sat, 02 Dec 2023

I'm the first one in the room. And my heart beats inside me like a tipsy kettledrummer. But I'm up for it. After all, what comes next will change my...
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Story
Certificate 12
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Love Story 24

By celticman on Fri, 01 Dec 2023

I’d kissed Ali’s cheek when we left the church. Felt the novelty and glad feeling of having done the right thing. Even though Mum didn’t say so, I...
Drama
Story
Certificate 12
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1:4:5 Negotiations (Part 7)

By Lore on Fri, 01 Dec 2023

Midpoint made his way towards the back of the room. There were four tables, each with a single, helmeted clone, sat by themselves. He scanned the...
Science fiction
Story
Certificate 15
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I Can't Stand The Rain (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 44)

By philwhiteland on Fri, 01 Dec 2023

Chantelle no sooner gets one problem safely stowed, when another one crops up. Samantha, meanwhile, is battling the elements, belligerent port staff and her own employees.
Humour
Other Fiction
Story
Certificate PG

A child, then and now

By pkroutray on Fri, 01 Dec 2023

A child, then and now Today to my dismay a child’s picture that I in my heart, nurture a kid under, a teen with mobile on-scene running to a car of a...
Philosophy
Poem
Certificate U
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Gimlet and Finchley 12 - The reading of the will

By Terrence Oblong on Fri, 01 Dec 2023

The reading of the will Ted’s will is being read in his solicitor’s office. It is a small room for such an occasion, with a dozen chairs crammed in,...
Miscellaneous
Story
Certificate 15
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Colours of Christmas

By marandina on Fri, 01 Dec 2023

It’s December 1 st ….I’m declaring it Christmas… Colours of Christmas Dreams made of cinnamon, nights of ice, tree-light dancing on frosted panes...
Spiritual
Poem
Certificate U
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Merry Christmas, Mom - Part XI

By randy-johnson on Fri, 01 Dec 2023

When I say that you were a wonderful mother and person, i'm being sincere. The memory of the last Christmas that we shared is something I hold dear...
Other Non-fiction
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U

Thoughts on Hamas and Palestinian Resistance, and Western and Arab Government Reactions

By David Kirtley on Thu, 30 Nov 2023

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c.20/10/23 – 27/10/23 (5/11/23) In my ‘Civilians In War’ article I have tried to hold back from being too emotional. Hamas have really done it now!...
Surreal
Talecatching
Rant
Reviews
Unclassified
Other Non-fiction
Historical Fiction
Drama
Crime
Horror
Opinion
Miscellaneous
Journal
Non-fiction
Certificate PG
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Love Story 23

By celticman on Thu, 30 Nov 2023

It rained every day and everything closed in before the funeral. Mum had time for a fag before we got into the chauffeured car. The cortege set off,...
Drama
Story
Certificate 12

Robin

By D G Moody on Thu, 30 Nov 2023

Nature
Poem
Certificate U
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Friendly Fire

By jeand on Thu, 30 Nov 2023

FRIENDLY FIRE I went for my pre-chemo clinical visit yesterday. I have had a fairly uneventful fortnight, and nothing new to report, except the...
Autobiography
Biography
Certificate U
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Reasons to Be Bulgarian… Naz-dra-vee!

By Turlough on Thu, 30 Nov 2023

Bulgaria… a paradise that’s maybe a bit rough round the edges. This beautiful country may not be perfect but it’s the perfect home for me and Priyatelkata. We could never live anywhere else. I took my inspiration from Hristo Botev, my lovely neighbours and Ian Dury.
Humour
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Poem
Certificate U
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Love Story 22

By celticman on Wed, 29 Nov 2023

The Constable looked too small to be a cop even on his tiptoes. A parvenu in uniform just out of the wrapper did little to disguise his weedy build...
Drama
Story
Certificate 12
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Gimlet and Finchley 11 - Gimlet and Finchley

By Terrence Oblong on Wed, 29 Nov 2023

“I can’t sleep,” said Finchley. The two puppets were alone in the carry-case where Ted had kept them for 43 years. “It’s the excitement of Ted’s...
Miscellaneous
Story
Certificate 15
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Gimlet and Finchley 10 - Gimlet and Finchley

By Terrence Oblong on Wed, 29 Nov 2023

Gimlet addressed the church. “Forty years ago, Ted was nobody, working as a travelling insurance salesman, with dreams of fame but no act to speak of...
Miscellaneous
Story
Certificate 15

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