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Idiolectic Idiots
Idiolectic idiots, running wild on city streets cause friction with diction you wouldn't like to meet. Shouting and swearing, harangues and F-words,...
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the starving dance
the beginning came suddenly rain, fire, and ash cities extinguished from their place all in an instant “the war to end all wars” they said but they...
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Nineteen Fifty-Three
The post war years, continued rationing, and the public yearning for better...
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Pavane for bleakness
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To Confront Her Partner
I’m not the jealous friend you think I am. I watch the tears pool on her favorite T-shirt as she tries to convince me the pain you put her through is...
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The Doll's House Chapter 10.
Chapter 10. The Doll’s House. They left the office together, Smike trailing behind until the guards at the Hall of Remembrance barred his way. Sachel...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 11 November Part 2.
Later that day when the Foster St Gang tried to add some wood to the pile Graham chased them away snarling like a demented tiger. Eventually we...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 11 November Part 1.
Chapter Eleven. Graham. "I have just been on the Barracks field," announced Noddy. "What a thrill," I said, unhappily surveying the remains of our...
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Ama Gozen: The Graveyard (3)
By the middle of the morning the men had been up the ridge and come down again. The fence was down along the whole of the hollow side, they said, and...
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Writers' Island : Chapter 3 : Nick Makes Himself At Home
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24/1/20 Victor was one of the organisers. He met Nick and the fellow writers who had come off the boat earlier that afternoon when they arrived at...
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The Reckoning
The storm raged. The rain lashed. She looked out the window. When the lightning flashed across the sky, she could see the horizontal streaks on the...
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October 31st
Autumn leaves tumble in chill October winds Street lamps glow with auburn shades of a setting sun Jack-o-lanterns adorn lawns with evil smiles in...
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A Day in the Life - Part Three
We’re on a flight to Kansas City, MO. We’re seated in a two seater. I’m on the aisle. My wife Darcey at the window. No angels named Maria to nudge...
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Construct
CONSTRUCT The fingers of one hand twitched in a strumming motion, but Bevan knew it was just the nerves dying. The shot’s report had gone out and...
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The Ruin Of Many A Poor Boy
... and god... I know... I'm one...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 10. October Part 2,
Uncle Tom made his usual appearance on the stage. This was the signal for an ear-splitting chorus of screaming, jeering, booing and hissing. From...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 10. October Part 1.
Chapter Ten. The Cinema. Mum shouted up the stairs. "If you are going to the Cinema this morning you had better get up. Now!" I hurried out bed and...
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The Doll's House Chapter 9.
Chapter 9 . New Cruxton. Early the next morning, Sophrayni found Smike in the stable yard, brushing down Shade with slow, methodical strokes. He...
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Inside The Tree
Inside The Tree By Paul McCann There’s a place I’ve heard tell where the fairy folk dwell in a tree someplace around there . Ask me no questions I’ll...
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Holiness
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] 'Holy God': what does it mean? … clothed, forgiven, our guilt He’ll hide. Now we want to live like Him …
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