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The Journey
The Journey - By Paul McCann There’s a plane on the runway , there’s a train on a track and theres a car on a freeway with no turning back . There’s...
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The machinery of night
“The fact that humanity still has some future is thanks to me!” Without batting an eyelid, the Dictator informs me of his opinion. He looks at me as...
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The Hungry Years
The Hungry Years - By Paul McCann So many alleyways so many streets , so many places , no one ever eats . Corner shop cafes , coffee and sweet treats...
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Goatie 26
The screech of the prison panic alarm had me going. The sound of running feet. Hardened souls flexed their muscles. I hid under the sheets until they...
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1:4:2 Tarthesis (Part 4)
The shield crackled as it held back the native atmosphere. The dome was completely surrounded, buried in the man-made mountains. They scanned their...
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Black Grape Cat Disorder
Osem our cat is black and white He’ll eat whatever comes in sight He eats all day and he eats all night No bounds exist to his appetite He eats...
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Under Pressure (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 27)
In which Lawrence and Amber find themselves in a tight spot and Frankie is left feeling a little flat!
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Nana and Grampa (c 1950-1960)
Nana: Round and jolly … Grampa: Slow and gentle (slow wink) hen-pecked?…
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agriphila straminella
"... rather plain looking.... Habitat : Grassy areas almost anywhere... ...easily disturbed" with silk-cool shock, they rise pale as ghosts of yellow...
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Our Man in Golubac
As sweat ran down my temples the man at the other end of the telephone line told me that he spoke Bulgarian, which came as a massive relief to me...
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Goatie 25
I kept my eyes on the door. Aware she was behind me, growing like a wave on the sea, but it would be me that left no trace when she was gone. I had...
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Grumbles Of An Empty Heart .
Grumbles Of An Empty Heart . By Paul McCann Homeless plates in an internet cafe , where young boys search through derelict heartaches on inroads to...
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Goatie 24
‘Yeh hink dogs can by psychic?’ Archie pondered. I wasn’t sure if he was talking to himself or me. I was going to keep silent, but muttered, ‘Dunno...
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In A Place Of Respite
In forest dream, I draw on such sensations, my world suspended between sky and earth; where tiny insects crawl, some fly to unhurried silence,...
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Gone.
A falling leaf From a rustling tree A raindrop hitches a ride In between swaying branches Nature takes no chances It has a story to tell All it can...
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Professor Circumcision (a cerebral comedy)
Oh academia is so peculiar! For some it’s the perfect fix For others its a box of tricks Those who claim to grasp it Like to remind those who don’t...
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Silas Nash book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 18 (a)
It was getting harder to keep a lid on things—stories leaked from the incident room every day, things that only the team had access to. Paranoia was...
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Goatie 23
Being in prison was like dossing under a motorway bridge. Constant noise and always something going on. Shaking you up. Droopy Eyes talking about...
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15.1 The Slit
One more time, he was back in Thora. Seated in the dining when the girl surprised him with a broad smile and a wide mouth. “Does mosquito bother you...
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A Beer With The Owner
Spanish days around 2015. Not about much, marked safe for not reading. Image authors own.
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