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Careful what you wish for
Donning the magic slippers granted Ruby one wish, she was told. Anything in the wide world was her's if she did but ask. She put on the slippers, or...
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The Dis-harmonic Sympathy Orchestra
How many female conductors are there? It's not about old buses. Image from classicfm.com, by Flyin' Fiddler. No known copyright issues.
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Maria's Diary 10
Chapter 10 After Christmas Keep the unity of spirit, Keep it in the bonds of peace, So alone shall we inherit Hope, and truth, and blessedness...
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Issues
Sighing. “So here’s the problem. We originally had one leader: Dad. He disappeared on us so we split his duties. Now we have three leaders. Me, Sky...
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Runaways
Staring. Lore had only briefly met their gaze but they could feel it piercing their soul. The wide eyed figure advanced from the side street and back...
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Anyway
Anyway, I used to be a town planner, during that time I learnt that "home" was the most important word to most people in most languages. When I had...
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Depraved Drug Smugglers
Before you continue to read this article, I feel that I must warn you. If you are faint of heart, please don't continue to read. This article is...
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Tug of War
Our rope strains. Snaps in half. A table toppled. A dealt deck, confetti. An 80s record wrecked; a silent song. Your brain is a towel, wringing out...
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Craven Gets Flashed XXII
At the Houston Street elevated station two figures in matching traveling cloaks hurried down the stairwell. “Wait up, Kenny!” said Jenny. “You’re...
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Echoes Of Love
Echoes Of Love By Paul McCann Life is hard but you make it easy , with the things I cannot see, call it faith or call it love but its something...
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Our Last Talk
Between us, silence is a game of charades played on changing leaves.
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Until Now
. Until Now By Paul McCann Oh why did it have to take so long , you know everything had gone wrong , until now . I was so lost and lonely before and...
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His Heart Is As Black As Coal
People have done things that make a man furious and he's losing self control. He has become angry and meaner than hell and his heart is as black as...
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A little challenge
A problem from my post of Infinite Series, find the sum as just a simple formula (a rational function) of: 1 + 1/4 + 1/9 + 1/16 + ... + 1/n²
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Lockdown Lifting
It was a Thursday. The 8th of April to be precise. Lockdown had been lifted. The shops, barbers and restaurants had reopened. Buses and trains were...
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Standing On The Edge of Reason
Standing on the edge- the edge of a steep climb- the edge of reason or the insanity depending on a panorama! I am making out olive groves, pastel...
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Tulips from Amsterdam
Botanical works of art.
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Stairwell to Living
From the bottom of Wood Street to an apartment high above my foot begins to climb - its angle daunting slowly up the sidewalk – a sneaker at curbside...
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Influencers
Influencer What the hell is an influencer? To have influence to do what? You represent a kind of cultural nadir In this age of mass community A...
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Henry VIII : Tyrantosaurus Rex : An Exceedingly Short Novel By Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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Henry VIII, Tyrantosaurus Rex went on the rampage, devouring maidens and wives, and rooting out rotten ministers, creating division and forcing his...
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