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Hallowe'en
Fitting for tonight. This is a 'recast' earlier poem that I feel is improved.
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Marcus & Rikki - Part 2
Novel extract.
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Marcus & Rikki - Part 1
Novel extract.
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A Day in the Life - Part Eleven
October 31st, 2026 We head to Parrott street tonight. It’s our annual pilgrimage on All Hallows Eve. Parrot street differs from other neihborhoods in...
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Little Voice...
Kevin's unwelcome return after more than 20 years...
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For Hallowe’en, For Survival
Respecting the finest of lines that separates survival and death.
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The Bungalow-28
Continued from Chapter 27: The Bungalow-27 | ABCtales ‘It was common, in the newspaper reports of my youth in the 1970s and 80s, to refer to IRA men...
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Mother Of Open Spaces
Mother Of Open Spaces By Paul McCann Mother of open spaces comfort me in knowing you’re there as I sit silently and pray to you . Mother of open...
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The Gate under the Moon Chapter 5.
Chapter 5. Onwards. Rembrien shook his head. “No. That world was dead, and closing the gate made it disappear forever.” “Then what do we do?” asked...
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Cloud-cuckoo-land Chapter 9.
Chapter Nine. The Way is Blocked. "We are not as close to the centre as I had planned," said the Cuckoo. "I had hoped to be on the other side of the...
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Frankenplot Has Ended! Solution Announced!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your wonderful stories written during this Frankenplot event! There were SO many quality submissions...
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Remember, Remember
There's a light just over yonder hill, a glow like the setting sun; mere minutes before midnight came, that sun broke into run; southern light filled...
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POEM i: IBID
Ibid. Surely power must serve other purposes. — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, 27 February 2026 We serve.¹ We de·serve it. *The world...
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Frankenplot: Ghosted
A flash fiction for Halloween
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Cloud-cuckoo-land Chapter 8.
Chapter Eight. Across the Pool of Ideas. “What makes it go?” inquired Lemmy. Over the roar of the engines, George had to shout to explain. “These are...
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The Gate under the Moon Chapter 4.
Chapter 4. Rembrien. Stump was a larger village. Not a town certainly, but more than a village. It had a proper market square, a stone bridge over a...
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And God flipped the off switch - a short story
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The sky is a charcoal smear spilling water from the heavens. I am sitting in the back seat of a taxi. It left the city hospital with me and my carer...
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Last Call for Frankenplot
The deadline for Frankenplot is fast approaching! Anyone still wanting to participate should post their scary stories or make their guesses at the...
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