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Chapter 4: The Journey Begins.
Chapter 4: The Journey Begins. Amanderella counted the coins in her purse and quickly realised she was going to need more than she had raised with...
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Ridgeline - Part Fifteen: The Reckoning
The cold had a texture. Not the absence-of-heat cold from earlier — the goosebumps, the prickling, the muscles clenching. That cold had been the body...
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Ridgeline - Part Fourteen: After
The flashlight was on the ground where he'd dropped it. She could see the beam — orange now, not the white it had been, the batteries dying, the cone...
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The Donaldson Controversy (5)
Watson’s position as best-in-class didn’t last, however. For the next lesson we were greeted by yet another change of lecturer. “Where is Prof...
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The Donaldson Controversy (4)
“Variable quality,” Prof Ambrose addressed the class. “Very variable quality.” He was feeding back on our first essays. “Watson, you’ve quoted large...
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Gunnar Ross Chapter 4
Chapter 4 An Unexpected Guest Gunnar swung open the door. “ Old man, I need answers!” he snapped. The old man pushed Gunnar back inside. “ And you’ll...
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"Rein Me In" Reprise
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean: 26th March 2026 onwards... (Part 9 of 9)
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A Most Unexpected Place
You never know what you might find when you open a door!
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The Amazing Adventure of Amanderella Gottsnobbler Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Escape. Amanderella’s idea started off modestly. She would teach the village girls one or two of her seventeen ways to disable an attacker...
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The Expanse
Recently posted on X/Twitter as part of a weekly poetry challenge hosted by @TopTweetTuesday and @blackboughpoems With a word limit of 80, the theme...
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The Donaldson Controversy (3)
“I think I’ll have a salad today,” said Miss Groves when we met for luncheon. “What about you?” “Jacket potato.” “And filling?” “I’ll wait to see...
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McCalliog and his hens (3)
I went into town. I wasn’t going to ring Tilly before I had all of the facts. Meirson’s didn’t look the site of a kerfuffle, it looked the same as it...
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McCalliog and his hens (2)
The next day my wife went into town to meet a friend for coffee while I pottered in the garden. She rang me mid-tulip sounding breathless with...
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Swept Under: Chapter 6: (looking for feedback) 25/04/26
After being embarrassed in front of the whole school and thrown down the stairs, Red was all Musa could see. A stream of blood ran down his shin. The...
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McCalliog and his hens (1)
“I went into Meirson’s Antiques today,” my wife said one night, as we sat in bed, reading. “Oh yes,” I said distractedly. “He’s got a painting, one...
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The Donaldson Controversy (2)
I arrived early for the next lecture, and took my usual seat at the front of the class. I noticed a figure lurking at the side of the lecture hall, a...
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Swept Under: Chapter 5: (looking for feedback) 20/04/26
Trevor got up before dawn and went for a run around the block. He liked it, the way the cold air dried his throat and made his nose run, and the way...
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"American Girls"
Harry Styles: 19th to 25th March 2026 (Part 8 of 9)
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The Donaldson controversy (1)
“Donaldson gives a comprehensive account of the period covered in these lectures,” said Prof Ambrose, holding up a copy of the main textbook. “What...
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Messages Between The Lines
Messages Between The Lines By Paul McCann If you read between the lines you’ll see what’s going on . You see in a new light when all the darkness has...
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