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The Crimson wake iii the stuff mares are made of.

The sleeping quarters in the lower quadrants were similar on this part of the way station. It was true that some had more rooms; Josie Macdonald,...

Your Torch

I placed the torch on a classroom desk, pointing upwards. I then asked the learners: “Right, is the desk giving the torch its light?” The response...

Rhino Power 2

“Our daughter and husband’s 30 acres of serenity is on the outskirts of Houston, BC, and they live in a magnificent log house, alongside Hungry...

Plastic Jesus

A plastic Jesus is showing me his cartoon heart. He is crying dryly and smiling, opening the flesh like curtains. There are no ribs in there, just...

Bring Out Your Dead - Part 25

In which the tired are rejuvenated and seeing is not hearing

Unseen Britain - Alma Square in Scarborough

I discovered Alma Square on a very hot August afternoon after I had tried to find the motivation to have a drink in the Lord Roseberry. Alma Square...

Unseen Britain - Kings Cross to York

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SEAT MR DILLON GILBERT The automatic ticket machine in the small lobby just started to print out my tickets to get to Scarborough...

Mad Smithers and the Government's All Under Control Plan : Episode 11

Smithers 11 (At Dover ferry port) PIGS’ : We can’t go on the boat in the normal way. MRS. UPSALL : Why not? PIGS’ : They’ll want to see our passports...

Sky Blue and Rose Pink

Once there was a poor young orphan boy named Sky Blue who fell deeply in love with a girl named Rose Pink, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy lord...

DIVE INTO A BOOK

let me tell you, people every time i read a book i dive right down inside it just to get a better look . i'm leaping through the pages take the...

Toy Idea: Princess In The Tower Game - Combination of computer game and toy prison

The 'Princess in the Tower' game is a form of electronic handheld game which is also a toy prison for an action figure. In order to open the toy...
Cherry

The Crimson Wake ii the awkward meetings

As Kit stood there, her nose pressed hard against the plexiglass, her breath steaming up, the image she became aware of both a familiar sweaty onion...

Synaesthetic Musings

My memories, and my son’s musical synaesthesia

Red LED

It was another hot night, very hot, too hot. I was trying to sleep in my parent’s new house. My room was on the top floor. It was actually the only...

The census - 7

April 17, 1940 Dear Clara, After my excitement with the Polish lady yesterday, all these people I am visiting seem very boring indeed. I will...

To shepherds, a warning

To shepherds, a warning; to poets a dream. Red sky in the morning, how lovely you seem. A blushing blue maiden with cheeks turning red or rose petals...
Gold cherry

bibliophile kid (excerpt) - "a journey south"

I journeyed south for a day or two to meet with an agent friend – of course I use the term lightly; agents have few friends, I even fewer – I...
Cherry

Eighteen part one

Depression. The word gets thrown around so much these days that its almost commonplace to know someone with it, or who claims they have it. Ditto...

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