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The trunk
The Trunk A trunk. Not one belonging to an elephant, or an item of clothing used for swimming, or a part of the body, or what holds up a tree or even...
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Your verdict on the empty tomb
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] An empty tomb. The soldiers bribed to say they slept, their guard not kept. Discouraged followers transformed …
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The legend lives on!
some flash fiction
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Sowing The Seeds Of Love
On Earth Day 22 nd April 2023. Wish earth's anguish would diminish, let nature be a welcome guest at celebration for World Peace. We would be...
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Guns, Babies and Medicine
And how is your brother doing? He went to university he took medicine. Sorry to hear, is he feeling better? - Van der Merwe arrived in his grand...
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stravaganza
let off horizon's leash, sun casts hungrily through bare trees till shadow's cowered, tight- bowerered in honeysuckle stalks on a stumped giant,...
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1:3:10 Blue (Part 6)
“Sir we’ve got company. Protectorate ships on sensors leaving Rexel’s One, Three, Four and Six.” Jo’Tastia’T split her main screen to show the...
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1:3:10 Blue (Part 5)
Lore still hadn’t opened their eyes. After Crait’s attack, them becoming whatever The Paragon was and their short journey through space, they could...
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If You Go Down To The Woods Today .............
I had heard about it before, but I thought it was a joke, or the latest scam. But today I had a text, a very long text, sent to me, and apparently it...
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Down to earth
First there is the dull smack on the dark water of the forest pond. Frightened birds fly from the dignified reeds into the brutal woods. I notice the...
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The Dance Of The Marching Mushrooms
The Dance Of The Marching Mushrooms By Paul McCann Well come on lets make our way now , across the bridge where fairies play we’ll sing and dance at...
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On The Road, Again! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 14)
In which the Detectives and Mr. & Mrs. Hamble head off down the coast, but not together!
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The Apple of my Eye
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Your Love
Your Love By Paul McCann Your love is like a mountain , its always there within view , It takes me to a high place , where I’m all alone with you I...
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Squirting ‘cucumber’ …
Ecballium elaterium even makes David Attenborough laugh out loud!
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Dwindlings in the Crysalis
I will not enter this pod which promises rebirth. Nothing worse than being recycled by accident, going to sleep quietly and ending up as compost. No-...
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Greed Was Your Downfall
You were greedy and it was your downfall. You went to Las Vegas and you lost it all. You lost seventy thousand dollars in one day. Your wife took the...
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The Last Thing That Was Mentioned
Heavy snow coming in off Lake Michigan in nasty flurries, a bitterly cold black Chicago night and his large, scarred hands were starting to freeze...
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The Dog With The Red Bow
The Dog With The Red Bow How could she have been so stupid? If she hadn’t been sitting on a crowded bus she would have slapped herself...
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RED.
Red is a nice colour. In one of my favourite films a man in there is called Red. They say some people see red! Some people cannot stand the sight of...
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