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Alien Opportunities Ch.4 : Suspicions Part 3

Chris is invited By Tony to come to a meeting of the Earth Patriotic Movement, where he hears the views of those who fear and distrust the aliens, and considers their arguments.
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Between The Trees
Between The Trees It was a good day for a drive and Charlie asked Midge if she’d wanted to go for a drive over to Barney Town for lunch in a new...
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Seeing
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SEEING I wish I could explain to you how it is that when I see a sunrise on a shattered landscape an empty shoe washed up on a beach a blackbird...
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Mediocre Moon

Skywatchers tonight will see something rare- a moon noted for its bland appearance. Just weeks ago, throngs of people viewed the “Super Dooper...
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Butterflies

Butterflies Jennifer Pickup, 16.09.2024 Another warm September day – I watch the mourners make their way Into the building of goodbyes, With...
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Cherish The Music Of Joannie Madden
Cherish The Music Of Joannie Madden By Paul McCann The passion of Irishness is the heart and soul OF Joannie Madden and her music. After a long...
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A Walk With Ian Down Memory Lane
A Walk With Ian Down Memory Lane by Paul McCann During my time as an Irish Radio producer with my program Craic With Mc , I was very fortunate to...
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Captured By The Music And Life Of Brian Kennedy

Captured By The Music And Life Of Brian Kennedy By Paul McCann I was in Belfast listening to down town radio and heard the song “Captured: by Brian...
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Taking Care 6 (ii)

I realised early on that I got better results from people if I didn't try to coerce them with activities. Like the thing with Greg. Instead of...
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The Sounds of the World (Rewrote)
One other note: This was not written by someone who has experienced being deaf, if anybody who knows what it's like is offended or had any...
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Mr Pettigrew

Don't be too afraid to ask. Don't be ashamed to answer truthfully...
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Noir-sery Rhyme

Like most things it'll have been done before. Best imagined as being read by Tom Waits. image made at canva.com
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Sceptical

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Sceptical and cynical, and all good claims you doubt (like scams that say you’ve won great prize but need...
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Sir Kier Starmer Superhero – Sir Kier and the energy crisis
“What are we going to, the elderly are freezing to death.” “Energy bills have gone through the roof, old people can no longer afford to heat their...
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Where Are We Now? Ted Kaczynski and Technological Society

Ted Kaczynski, otherwise known as the 'Unabomber', died in June 2023 - twenty-five years into his eight life sentences in prison for his crimes...
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Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Starmer?

Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Starmer? With your suit pressed sharp, and eyes that scan the crowd, each promise a soft wind, a whiff of hope...
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Popping Peristalsis
The silence, heavy as it was, felt like a second skin. When he turned his neck, there came a soft, internal squelching, a reminder that his body—this...
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Drowning Not Waving (Dead Reckoning series - Part 26)

In which D.S. Stone takes the plunge, Josiah hangs on (unhelpfully) and Jeannie takes charge.
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 17

Martha moved quietly through the garden. She opened the sliding door into the first floor bedroom and waited a heartbeat before going to find...
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Before Maps Were Made

Before maps were made, no one strayed from straight lines from the cradle to their graves. But everyone knew the old ways. Winter rimed minds and the...
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