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Happy Christmas From Worksop
Well I wish I could be in Worksop every day.
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Fifth Row from the Front (6)
He went up the field along the fence and then cut in across the rows, and by the fourth row he was running. He went over the hood of somebody's car...
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Fifth Row from the Front (5)
Going back up the field was not like coming down it. There were people standing in the aisle now, three and four together, and they did not move when...
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Pip!
The stories we're told in our childhood might stay with us longer than you'd expect!
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The Bungalow-14
Continued from Chapter 13: The Bungalow-13 | ABCtales If there was one form of stupidity Hawke hated, it was the stupidity of inanimate objects. He...
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Bloody, Brawling Business CH9
The beauty of Bame blazed, ignited by the Afternoon sun. Its cobbled streets were reanimated from their state the night before, bustling with people...
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The Failing Heads
Train-sound. Not to my mind the most agreeable sound on this Earth. How it hacks and rattles like a very busy and perspiring human. Spit spit howl,...
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May He rest in peace.
Recently, a good friend from the area passed on unexpectedly. Those who are left behind grieve his passage. He was a pleasant husband, father and...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags. Chapter 3.
Chapter Three. Gottsnobbler Hall. Gottsnobbler Hall was unusually quiet when Amanderella arrived. There wasn’t even the faint sound of Mother sorting...
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 2.
Chapter 2: The Journey Begins. The black dress hung from the rafters like a shadow waiting to fall. Sophrayni stared at it for a long time, arms...
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8.3 Caprice Dinner
An hour and a half later, the terrace was filled with the clamours of talking, smoking and drinking. Mila had taken a seat next to Raid, while Shina...
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Just a short story 'sketch'...something satirical about a megachurch pastor
No idea what I'll do with this, just some passage I've done. The character is supposed to be a very 'fake' and vain rich megachurch pastor visting the very real victims of a very real natural disaster -- the human coming from his internal monologue vs his outward image. No plot ideas yet.
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FRANKENPLOT
It's Halloween, people! Wait, no, not really... It's still September, but why wait? Everyone seems ready for the change in the season. It's time for...
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Fifth Row from the Front (4)
He went down the aisle at a walk because a man does not run in a field full of people he grew up in front of. By the third row he was not walking...
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The First and Last Patriots
Eleanor Shaw stepped off the coach at Amesbury just after six o’clock. The sky was a flat, colourless sheet, the kind of backdrop that made...
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Starting to read and sort
Following up on https://www.abctales.com/story/rhiannonw/delightful-momentous-task
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 1
Chapter 1. Sophrayni. Sophrayni sat for a while, staring at the rocking chair where Calizone, the old Witch of the Dark Forest, had once sat. It was...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags.Chapter 2.
Chapter Two. Up North. The morning settled into its usual rhythm at No. 9 Wimple Terrace: the clink of cups, the rumble of milk carts outside, and...
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Fifth Row from the Front (3)
The concession stand was cinder block painted white with a shed roof over the window, and the line was already out past the corner of the building...
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I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here I’ve been away too long. Feels like I’ve been gone forever. My days drown in yesterdays. I long for something new. Hell, I’d take the...
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