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Old Walls - Part 2
Simon woke early, feeling anxious about volunteering at the working party. Roz was still sleeping, snoring faintly. She was a late riser and an...
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Bloody, Brawling Business CH10
Tiro crouched down next to Newton and reached out his hand towards him, but it was instantly slapped away. Newton stormed off down the hall and sat...
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Maria at 30,00 Feet

Shhh. Maria is asleep. Maria is our seat mate on a flight from San Diego to New York. I do not know Maria, but she took the time to introduce herself...
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 10.
Chapter 10. Confrontation. “This way then,” said Tess. The passage narrowed, stone pressing close. Tess led the way, her steps light despite the...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags. Chapter 11.
Chapter Eleven. Tidying up. The room let out a collective sigh, not of fear, but of weary resignation. Mrs Plover muttered something about “old men...
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God’s perfect little time machines
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Rose and sunset dark, the stars and satellites spin above. Mists and fogs linger moistening, ploughlands, fields and bogs, Displace the whisperings...
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On Simeon’s Day

Bulgarian folklore tells that storks live in human form at the other end of the Earth, but the women cannot give birth to children there. So they all come to our world in spring in the shape of storks to make their babies. They then return to their world on 1 September, which is known as the day of Simeon the Ploughman and is the traditional beginning of autumn.
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Enoch walked with God …

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] He walked with God upon this earth, his King-Companion with him, his Maker-Friend whose will he loved –...
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Present, Fifteen (7)

Anne Prevette came and got her out of the gym. She did not say anything in front of the children. She crouched down at the edge of the half circle...
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Remembering good Queen Bess
Farewell and Adieu, Queen Elizabeth As I watched several hours of Queen Elizabeth’s State Funeral this morning, I was taken by the full panoply of...
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Frankenplot: "It Will Come For You!"
Laura stacked the books from the book return onto the library’s trolley cart. “Any plans for Halloween?” her co-worker Zed asked as he picked up a...
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Renata ♥ Mark: Chapter 6 “Latching"

Working on a literary novel vaguely inspired by Diane Schuler, who was a seemingly normal suburban Mom who drunk-drove with her kids the wrong way down the highway and killed them all; she had hidden longstanding alcoholism from her family for years. I was inspired by that kind of self delusion to write a similar long form story.
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For Present Company

These streets and their cigarette butts. They lie dead in the puddles like forgotten men. They’ll be gone soon in the coming slush. Winter’s...
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 9.
Chapter 9. Rescue. “But you’ll have to face Wilgan and her eventually,” Tess said, frowning. “Why not now?” “Yes, you’re right,” Sophrayni said...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags. Chapter 10.
Chapter Ten. Capturing the Beast. Amanderella woke early, as she always did when there was a puzzle to solve. The air in her room at the Pig and...
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So Long, Farewell, Goodbye (2)
I boarded the plane, flying the usual... economy. It wasn’t a far stretch; I did it all the time when I wasn’t flying private. “Where are you headed...
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The Bungalow-16

Continued from Chapter 15: The Bungalow-15 | ABCtales “Do you normally buy your milk in, er…” Detective Rees looked down at his tablet – “Capple...
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Present, Fifteen (6)

The door came open into the hall and stayed open, and for two or three seconds there was nothing in the doorway at all. Then a boy came out. He came...
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Present, Fifteen (5)

Dr. Kesler came at ten past two with his bag and a topcoat over his suit and he was in the hall for nineteen minutes. Ledwell stood at the corner and...
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September Haiku
The wind's whistled tune- September's song is out now! Hear it while you can1
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