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Mommy, a Chickadee
Mitchell was excited as he looked out the window. Mom and dad had given him a bird feeder for his birthday. "Thanks...thanks," he said. "Now I can...
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The Adventures Of Miniator Chapter 25 -- Going Home

25) Going Home They had landed the spaceship in the middle of the Canadian forest. Miles from anywhere. And shape-shifted the spaceship into the form...
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I got a name

Everyone has his own name. The name is also his registered label! And how many people will protect it seriously? No matter the one is SOMEBODY or...
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The only one who truly shares my entire life with…….

The conversations between a professor and a student in the evening class some time ago. The professor said to the students, “Let's play a game. Who'...
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Hurry Up Cat
Smoke drifted from the barbecue, covering everyone in its path. Still, it sure smelled good at the Lawrence family picnic. Their cat, JC, did not...
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micro-treatise on constructive adaptations turned to 'diseases' and 'mutations'
Greetings AMA. A 'virus' or 'disease' typically starts out as a constructive adaptation or 'mutation' (ooohh... scary!;) akin to the sickle cell...
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Let it go
“I sense greatness.” Varkral was way too close for comfort. “You have all been touched by a higher power and as a result, you carry some of that with...
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The Ripple Effect
“Time is fickle.” Varkral slammed the book to the table. “Our universes are so very different yet share more than a few commonalities. That asteroid...
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The Present Past
Rolling green hills. Dirt paths. The only constant were the stars above. Everything else looked as though it belonged in the pages of the history...
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Near Upper Kinsham

(28/12/21) Out into the soggy countryside such a thrill after so long confinement when somewhat ill. Feeling the freshness of air and breeze, hearing...
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Resolution

At end, rebirth. This year I will Eat better. Walk. Drink my fill Of gold with every meal. I will tell the trees I love them at least once a month...
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Where We Are: a personal perspective

Hello folks, I'm honestly not inviting group-think. I just would be interested to know what people feel about what I have to say. This whole Covid...
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A House in the Country

" I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole!" Heather's mother had cast her critical eye all over the property and that was her verdict.
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Stop Grieving
Stop Grieving Unequivocally sees all religious philosophies “A thing of good and beauty loves it to heart, the Almighty. May it be deeds and words,...
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Ol' Rickety (Part 2)

Diggory remained idled at the curb for a minute or two, just gawking at that green button. It was boggling his mind how he couldn’t have noticed it...
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Ol' Rickety (Part 1)

Diggory Kade was a 56-year-old cabdriver with the face of a trout and the voice of a bullfrog—at least according to many of his patrons. Some of them...
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For Yer Women, the Women

All the year they scrub the homes From Skibbereen to Portglenone. They work their fingers to the bone, Afraid to pause to moan or groan. They milk...
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Toy Explosion …

… at Christmas … So many toys sold – away with the old! Hide them from view, make way for the new! Presents in droves, shortage of shelves, tuck some...
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Ghost Story

This is what I term 'faction'; in as much as all but the beginning and ending maybe did happen to me, as the story describes; but without the dinner party and the resolution at the end. So, I'll leave it the reader to make of it what they may choose - an entertainment, or maybe a true experience of the supernatural - who knows?
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