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A Highwayman Came Calling

Jack McFruit, Was a lawless brute. Short of loot, He spied a frail old coot. Easy prey for a man in black suit. In went her door, via a size twelve...
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Feathers Without Hope

Dear diary...poem about discovering a bird with a broken wing in a storm, on St Pete's Beach in Florida back in the early 90s. I recount brief...
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The Woollen Mill Problem

I was woken at 6.30 one morning by a hammering on my back door. I quickly dressed and hurried downstairs to find Alun in an exasperated mood. “It’s...

A riddle?

A bench with a view … but what does it say?
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The Weight Of Things To Come

I stretched my mind into the future To places I’ve yet to see Conversations I’ve yet to hear Without the implications Of being awed or uncomfortable...
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a morning to remember

Have you a memory you cherish?
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Jasus

a fun bit of flash fiction

Grandma’s way

Grandma’s way Counting only up to twenty my grandma never lived in Scanty. The aids who served her never knowing the number got their wages without a...
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'Painkiller'

addiction isn't good at any age, but at 15 its heartbreaking!
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A poem for a pairing

The sun stretches it’s way across the living room, long shadows reaching out to say good morning, the kettle clicks, boiled. Steam gently rising,...

"Zzeeear...Zzeeear..."

A tribute to the majestic cicada.
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Christians Aren't Supposed To Get Revenge

Christians aren't supposed to get revenge, they're supposed to forgive. And Christians are supposed to do that for all of the days that they live. If...
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Norwich Cathedral La La La

We were only there for minutes, Nine of us on the patch of grass outside. Norwich is a perfect city for stag-dos, it is so much better than Bristol,...
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Miller

A film is in production based on the life of Lee Miller, fashion model and war photographer. It will be terrible, although it should be brilliant given the subject matter. Anyway, I wrote this: written quasi-ekphrastically about a number of Miller-taken photographs and one of Miller taken by someone else. Anyway, for once, I've explained one. Image source wikimedia, licence CC-by SA 4.0
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"The Coffee House Spy" 12

Brent’s heart squeezed with pain seeing his brother’s life resigned to a dozen labeled boxes and his furniture and mementos tossed haphazardly into...
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Being who you are

Being Who you are “ Who are you ?” is an oft asked question. Sometimes, the inquiry originates from another person, maybe an employer or boss of some...
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Story of the week

The Bradbury

What one would do for a bit of peace and quiet. I enjoy my walks to the library each day, tremendously. Stopping to buy that morning’s paper, then...
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Hot Cross Bun Blues

If only they had a branch of Sainsbury’s in the Mississippi Delta.
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