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Something on the Wind
The sun nestles ‘mongst the variegated trees. With the twilight chatter of the chickadee. The greatest feature can’t be heard or seen. A balm...
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Queen City of the Lakes
During the shipping season, at the Erie Basin Marina on Buffalo’s waterfront, you can often watch the massive bulk of a lake freighter glide by the...
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El Día de Todos los Santos*

Boring travel writing, nothing to see here. Image is from Google Maps via Picasa. No known copyright issues.
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 21

Extract from The Ministry of Complaints Hans stood and walked to the window. He had thick tears running down his cheeks. “The terrible shame of it...
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Papyrus Horoscope

Always check the reverse of any document. If you want to know what I'm chuntering on about go here Image belongs to The British Library
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A Northern Song

Not by The Beatles Image is in the public domain - and I would like to see the real thing one day.
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No Rules Today
We are alive in the moment of our desires the touch of your scent like a flower inside my favourite woodsy trail- a path for me to your lips my dear...
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The Bottle is Back
The bottle is back, The bottle is here, The bottle is with me. I thought it was over. I thought we would never dance with one another again. I...
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R.I.P. Tony Selby
He was an English actor and Gina Sellers was his spouse. He guest-starred in "The Avengers" and "Bless This House". He was a very talented man and he...
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The Adventure of the Bishop (Part 2 or 2)

Part1: https://www.abctales.com/story/maddan/adventure-bishop-part-1-or-2 Dated just nine days later than the telegram is the following letter. It...
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The Adventure of the Bishop (Part 1 or 2)

The following manuscript was found among my father's effects some years after he passed away. The family connection to John Watson was a matter of...
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One Way Ticket

I am writing as a man in his mid--sixties who simply wants to say 'thank you' for my time here on this planet...
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‘Why do you love darkness rather than light?’

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Why preoccupation with the dark –- shivers, shudders raised just for a lark, children teased with ghoulish horror tales – troubled hearts and fears such laughter veils. … Who is hiding message of the Light? …
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The men in the mountains
It seemed a normal village when I arrived, friendly enough to strangers and I soon found employment assisting the village elder in his numerous...
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The Black Crow of Purgatory (Part 3 of 3)

Draft for a 3 part short story Part One at https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/black-crow-purgatory-part-1-3 Part two at https://www.abctales...
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Washed ashore on an isolated island
I will not tell her of the three days I spent adrift alone at sea following the shipwreck. Just be aware that while three days may not seem long, it...
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Marcus

I stare. I know I shouldn’t be doing it, but I just can’t help myself. There is something so perfect and precious about him. Blue eyes like oceans...
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The Mirror Of Dreams
. The Mirror Of Dreams by Paul McCann Got to find a way today to make time for my dreams, there’s always so much to do and no time in between , I’m...
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The house at the end of the cul-de-sac...

Bonnie skipped innocently ahead of her brothers and mother and thought the night was particularly dark and spooky but then it was Halloween and that...
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