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Maria and the Bellasis Family 26
1891 I was so pleased when I was sent a note by Sister Aloysia (Cecelia Bellasis) to invite me to rejoin the convent as an annuitant. There were two...
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More Snowdrops ! (hidden away)
Is that a drift of snow peeping over the top of the bank? …
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02.1 Rubicon
Borys Jasinski, Polish mathematician living in Switzerland with his wife and two sons, arrived in Buenos Aires from Madrid. As soon as he passed the...
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Music Is The Voice Of The Soul
Music Is The Voice Of The Soul By Paul McCann . Music is a high work of art . Music is the song in my heart . Music is life and life’s ok . Music is...
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Mama
"O ALLAH if You must take my mama now please give her the paradise and bless me to be living so this time we’re being with each other forever” Mama I...
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Parables of Clippety (13) - Suck My Blood
They struggled to keep up with him in their high heels and occasionally water splashed around their ankles but the idea of being left alone down...
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The Ghost House - (Chapter 6)
That night, I had a nightmare, the first one since I was in primary three, I woke up shaking at 3.25am, I could see the luminous hands of my Timex...
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Slava Ukraini!
I jotted this down as a relief from the constant news reports; and I hope it strikes a chord. And while we cannot directly help, we can donate to the Red Cross
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Come meet the women of my land
When I think of 'Island', the first thing I see is my island. My Sardinia. My land. And the women of my land. Our story and our geography. Our hands on the waist. Island to me means home.
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Peculiar Vernacular
Searching for the right word
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01.3 The Silverside Club
Marina paced to leave the beach and he followed. She retorted, “At the Silverside.” “Not far! I live nearby. I’ve been here for seventeen years,”...
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Dream Hares
That night the dream hares were early in their running...
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Lamb Pot
I have set myself the challenge of writing a ghost story a month in 2022. This is the second one.
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Just One Night
Why do I feel so nervous? After all its only one night and it’s not as if I’m going to be alone. She has every right to go. After all, its not every...
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Up in the Hills 2
“That big house on the hill belongs to some very bad people, Raul. Very dangerous people.” “Wha– “Listen, son, and I’ll explain everything. In the...
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Up in the Hills
*i mportant* The full story is 3200 words (sorry for passing the limit.) I'm making a collection with the last 700 words in it. If you don't read...
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Chapter 2: Dante (Lunar Cycles)
(Art done by @Fangsyrup on insta) When I woke up in the stables I felt the usual disorientation I got after a night of running under the full moon...
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Parables of Clippety (12) - The Keys To The City
There was a moment of silence while Jurgen continued to lean back with his closed eyes, breathing slowly, his chest going up and down but as soon as...
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Chapter 1: Sawyer (Welcome to Little Star)
(Art done by @fangsyrup on Insta) I held the smoke in my lungs for only a few seconds before breathing it out into the crisp night air of the forest...
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Doing yoga in my living room
Doing yoga in my living room the teacher and I, oceans apart (Literally, she is in Cambodia, Showing miles of beach and castles of foam) I struggle...
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