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Urgent Mirrors

By ice rivers on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

Hello friends. It's nice to be back. I've been stealing mirrors and seeing men about horses for the last 10 days. I subscribe to the Vonnegutian...
Other Non-fiction
Biography
Certificate PG

a factual statement

By seannelson on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

Worship of an individual is a barren farce.... but if you want to talk individuals, if it weren't for me and 'the purple revolution' I started,...
Non-fiction
Certificate U

Holborn

By Simon Barget on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

An icy draft swept down the escalator shaft. He had no choice but to continue upwards. It drew him forth to Holborn.
Story
Certificate PG
Cherry

The survivors of the Jonathan problem

By The Other Terrence Oblong on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

It was a stormy night, but somehow I managed to fall asleep, in spite of the wind hurling mercilessly at my rooftop and all the accompanying noise...
Miscellaneous
Story
Certificate 15

Magic--The Gathering

By Sooz006 on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

Magic—The Gathering Innistrad was weary, he’d travelled—first he went to the Devil’s Causeway and played his pipes across the water. He played the ‘...
Story
Certificate 12
Cherry

Musca Domestica (Poetry Monthly)

By Ed Crane on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

You gotta love the House Fly, after all if it wasn't for us they probably wouldn't exist.
Nature
Poetry Monthly
Certificate PG

How the film “Stand by Me” shows children are stronger than we think

By markihlogie on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

Do some children cope better with being overlooked by their parents than others? I found myself wondering that after watching Rob Reiner’s film Stand...
Opinion
Non-fiction
Certificate PG

All about the terrible freedom of adulthood

By markihlogie on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

As they say, “If I may be personal for a moment ...” It is now thirty years since I left school and, when I went to visit some twenty-five years ago...
Opinion
Non-fiction
Certificate U

The importance of teaching computer programming to young children

By markihlogie on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

According to a report in the Daily Telegraph last year, British schoolchildren would, under a new curriculum, learn how to write simple computer...
Opinion
Non-fiction
Certificate U

The BC Adventure 10

By jeand on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

Jan 15, 1921 Dear Daddy, Peter has started at the local school called North Vesuvius School. It is tiny with only 8 students, all in one room. It is...
Historical Fiction
Story
Certificate U

Hammered - (poetry monthly)

By Bee on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

Unclassified
Poem
Certificate 12

Certain Hope Reliable

By Rhiannonw on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

[The Sunday Song a day early this week:] Unfounded hope … to no avail – a hope as weak as me … of hope secure they shout!
Spiritual
Philosophy
Poem
Certificate U
Cherry

Omar's Diary GRAND NATIONAL DAY 9th April 2016 - see his selections

By Alan Russell on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

Citizenship Birthdays Electrical goods Grand national Selections At last the big day for National Hunt Racing has arrived with The Grand National...
Journal
Other
Certificate U

Warrior at Warpspeed- Part 3

By well-wisher on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

Raider and Zophos sat under the Origam trees watching twin suns set over the hills of Nepha; the sky turning radiant pink and gold and Zophos plucked...
Science fiction
Fantasy
Story
Certificate U

Warrior at Warpspeed- Part 2

By well-wisher on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

"But how did you know I was a Warp Warrior?", asked Raider, "What made you so certain?". Zophos reached under his robes and took out a strange...
Science fiction
Fantasy
Story
Certificate U

Warrior at Warpspeed - Part 1

By well-wisher on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

"Why won't you leave me alone, old man", said Raider slumping down onto the green couch in the dwelling of Zophos, the man who had been hounding him...
Science fiction
Fantasy
Story
Certificate U

Those Who Stand and Wait

By Melkur on Fri, 08 Apr 2016

Those who stand and wait Also serve the coming cold, Their breath as a fog Waiting for the light, The shrill whistle that tokens The coming of warmth...
Poem
Certificate U

Glenfinnan Viaduct

By Melkur on Fri, 08 Apr 2016

The steely sparkle Holding the bricks prisoner, The glue of the frost Arches on arches Like frowning eyebrows, rising The hair on the dog The living...
Poem
Certificate U

Highland Homecoming

By Melkur on Fri, 08 Apr 2016

In praise of engines Struggling so valiantly Pushing through the snow Roaring heart of fire Champion of industry Glowing in the night A sketch in...
Poem
Certificate U

The Fox and the Pigeon hole Chapter 24

By M T M on Fri, 08 Apr 2016

24. Luck A cold, hard light seeps through the trees. Signalling the rising of the sun. In the smooth slopes of the small hills and the lines of thick...
Other Fiction
Story
Certificate U

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