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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 7.
Chapter 7. Into danger. The manor’s receiving room was dimly lit, its velvet curtains drawn tight against the afternoon sun. Wilgan stood near the...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags. Chapter 8.
Chapter Eight. Tuffort Stones. Amanderella pulled on her coat and stepped outside. The clouds that had threatened rain were gone, leaving a bright...
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Chapter 18 - Why?
Lumen’s scream took Aurora by surprise. Stunned, she looked at the body at her feet. It stopped moving. It was now screaming its pain. His eyes...
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Present, Fifteen (3)

The call came to Terry Ledwell at four minutes past ten, on the county road out past the Millers Creek turn, where he had been sitting with the...
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So Long, Farewell, Goodbye
Dear Eamon, I’ve been haunting the mailbox every day, waiting for the surprise you promised. Don’t get me wrong, I love your letters, but you’ve been...
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Fixated on Fiction
Fixated on fiction, my favoured writing choice, eclectically selecting when searching for my voice. Stealing ideas, phrases and expressions, Shifting...
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Poet's Progress
Open Mic, The Chipped Teacup , back in Eighty-Five, Alcohol it inspired me , and my poetry came alive. I plagiarised lyrics from songwriters like Tom...
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On the Wrong Side
‘On the wrong side of the tracks ‘ was what came to his mind when Martin looked upwards at the huge granite building looming darkly. The melting snow...
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Renata ♥ Mark: chapters 3 and 4

Trophies My sister, Paige (she was pregnant by that point, though neither of us knew yet) had demanded to see photos of Mark soon after our first...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags. Chapter 7.
Chapter Seven. A Crowded Bar. By the time Amanderella returned to the Stoat & Compass, the wind had picked up, the clouds had thickened, and the...
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 6.
Chapter 6 Follow that cart. On the road outside, Sophrayni caught up with the cart carrying the sleep potions. She didn’t follow straight away. She...
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The Bungalow-15

Continued from Chapter 14: The Bungalow-14 | ABCtales “There’s no need to tell me that you’re going out for a pint of milk,” said Detective Rees,...
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Renata ♥ Mark: first two chapters

Working on a literary novel vaguely inspired by Diane Schuler, who was a seemingly normal suburban Mom who drunk-drove with her kids the wrong way down the highway and killed them all; she had hidden longstanding alcoholism from her family for years. I was inspired by that kind of self delusion to write a similar long form story.
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The Cosmic Horror
So , I write a bit. I have never had anything published, but it’s not for want of trying , poetry, horror stories , short stories about my childhood...
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Present, Fifteen (2)

The gym was not empty. Joyce came through the double doors at eight fifty-two and there were children on the floor in two lines doing a bending...
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Present, Fifteen (1)

Joyce Setzer got to the school at ten past eight with the box on the passenger seat and the heater still not warm. The lot behind the cafeteria had...
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The Petrol Station
Semi-derelict wasteland. Ugly functioning habits. Men with belly bulging t-shirts. Grubby, passive-aggressive, And rich beyond worth and reason...
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Release
When she's thinking of you, she's not thinking about your size, or you shape or what you look like. She's thinking about the closeness of your face...
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 5.
Chapter 5. Slipsy Early the next morning, Sophrayni made her way to the next town Maggie had mentioned. Once again, she arrived at a coaching inn...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags. Chapter 6.
Chapter Six. Woldscar Hall. The path to Woldscar Hall ran along the edge of the reservoir, a long stretch of dark water that made Amanderella shiver...
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