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Funny billies
Mum was walking on the marsh again. Mrs Herbert at The Salting’s spotted her in a cardigan and slippers during one of the first frosts, staring over...
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The Vale - Chapter 7
Standing at the edge of the balcony, leaning over, I caught sight of the green Mini turning into the parking area. It was the one I'd see before,...
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Room 6
I was going through a period of stress at work, everything I did seemed to be wrong in the eyes of my manager, and a few others in her cabal. I was...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (7)
Part 6 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-6 Billy watched snake-eyed as a shape ghosted through the fog. Appearing...
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Seeking a new beginning, refuge
If you have to leave your land because of war or tyranny, or basic freedoms banned; walk many miles and cross the sea and ask asylum here to be from...
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Can't find the words
You could cut the air with a knife we look at each other wishing we weren't here you take a deep breath in and my heart is racing why can't we find...
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Clusterf*ckwits [vs *ssholes] [amended]
Clusterf*ckwits [ vs *ssholes ] [amended] …We generally get the leaders we deserve, ranging from mealy-mouthed mediocrities to mass-murdering...
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A Moment To Ponder
Dear diary... When storm pledges its oath, severe billowing impressions then react in my imagination; remote tranquil distant hills keeping their...
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My first new beginning
As a young boy, I grew up in a small village in leafy suburban Surrey, where hedges were trimmed and cars taken for their Sunday wash. When my...
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Time Travelling No More
Time Travelling No More By Paul McCann I used to be a time traveller until time caught up with me but now it seems I’m ageing faster than anyone can...
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Beating up my pillows again
I know this is tongue in cheek but when you want to get to sleep you do ever feel like weeping but then you feel like eating then you feel like a...
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The Archmoron Himself by Alfred N.Muggins
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18/4/25 The Archmoron himself, Trump in his tower, in Manhattan. Playing golf in Mar a Lago, Tear down the metal fences which are supposed to keep...
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A letter to my dad
Hi Dad, I know we don't really talk feelings, it's just not how you were raised, but I've got some feelings to write down, some things I'd like to...
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Valued (Episode 23 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))
In which Gwladys tries to show Aefelthrith 'the ropes', until they both have the ground yanked from under them!
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Yorkshire Puddings
Yorkshire Puddings Sunday morning, and my father is tending to a pool of gold with an arm like a whisk. The batter is perfected: a potion of flour,...
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Cutting the Hegemony
Hegemony is the way governments use various methods to control and direct society. It's a big, contentious subject, so please forgive obvious...
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… but is there?
Is that a fact, or your desire? … Maybe you feel he maybe is, but do not like the way that this world is, and so reject if so a God who does not choose to do …
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When Money Comes Knocking
I always prided myself on being cautious—the kind of person too shrewd to ever fall for a scam. I knew all about scams. I was wrong. It started with...
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Guiding light
Guiding light keep me safe tonight in your arms I surrender love me let me feel your body next to mine as your soft touch moves around my face I feel...
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Ghigau 13
Lenny peered around the velvet curtain that separated the waiting area from the red-carpeted main room and watched the crowd chattering noisily as...
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