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How to Lose a Game of Chess
Set the board where the finish has thinned to a pale oval under the plates. Bring down the box. The lid sticks, then gives. Take white. Keep the one...
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Apeiron (Boundless)
Apeiron (Boundless) Before the world dreamed, cosmic imagery had governed the forces of energy. With its primordial art of perfection. Whose womb had...
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Blessed Sleep
Blessed Sleep Quietude hums a lullaby; softly falls at night. Dim the lights, listen as you close your eyes. My little ones: to heavenly melodies,...
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Killing Time
Killing Time Are you okay? You don’t look okay! It’s okay, If you’re not okay. Look up in wonder. What matters most? If it’s real, then I’ll stay...
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What Next?
Reality is chaos; we are all but atoms vibrating within its confines. We bounce and rebound from place to place, event to event, time to time; each...
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OurAmazing Life-Suit
The life-long constant beat of your heart, all the organs so busy, every part of your body in synchrony, symphony – lungs' regular rhythm – expansion...
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The Less Miserables Lose the Park (3)
Three months later. The park reopened on a Saturday in July. Dusty was there at dawn, before the construction crew even arrived, watching the first...
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Tell them I am Queen now - a short story
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Tell them I am Queen now - a short story The old king, Aethelrod, wasn't stirring. He sat on the throne in faded tattered ermine. His gaze was...
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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 7.
Chapter Seven. Too Tall. Amanderella arrived at the Library just as Dotty was turning the key in the door. Morning light slanted through the tall...
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The Golden Acorn Chapter 8.
Chapter Eight. On to Wilford. Babbin was not in the inn. “He’s down in the village,” said one of the foresters. “I think he was heading for the...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (28)
Part 27 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-27 Billy had no idea what to do. High above was a witch’s giant face...
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The Less Miserables Lose the Park (2)
That night, Dusty made a list. He sat at his desk, the same desk where he'd made lists for the ramp project and Haley's lunches and all the other...
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The Less Miserables Lose the Park (1)
The chain-link fence went up on a Monday. Dusty stood in the parking lot, watching the construction crew unroll the temporary fencing around the bowl...
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On Sizzling Days (repost from 2013)
Who knows why the bald man Lusteth over the lidless car Only to flaunt, on sizzling days His wrinkly, glistening dome As solar rays propel his heart...
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The Golden Acorn Chapter 7
Chapter Seven. A Beating Heart. The doctor examined Babbin and shook his head. “The heartbeat is very faint. I can give you some medicine that might...
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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 6.
Chapter Six. The Church on the Hill. Amanderella tapped her pencil against the cover. “I think I need to go and look at this ruined church.” “Ivor...
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Coming Home
What do two people owe each other when fate has made their lives impossible to resume?
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Misplaced Person Seeks Pomegranates
I wasn’t happy, so I moved on. Unfortunately not all migrants are as lucky as me.
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Banished To Earth, Book Two, Dreamscape (30)
Banished To Earth Book Two, Dreamscape Chapter 58 94 Davin had been here before; a prisoner in his own head, a powerless spectator. The difference...
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The Dawn Sentinel pt2
The Dawn Sentinel pt2 Having summoned the forbidden guardians here in the heart of the palace, illusion floats in anticipation while breathing...
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