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In the Balance of Time

And from this ancient of an ancient woodsman cabin natural sounds revive the energy of ages past- a porcupine munching on a corner of wood nearby...
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Rakia Maria – Part Two of Two

So I said to Priyatelkata ‘Isn’t it lovely?’ and she replied ‘Yes! It’s very lovely.’ Maria added, ‘Life and health!’ in Bulgarian, of course. What...
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Bindi

It’s almost disappeared, or no, it’s gone, this mark that’s been with me, on me, since being six or seven: a single spot, a forehead point, stately...
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The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes

She’d almost broken her neck outside. Now she was tucked away in the corner, as far away as possible from the rest, stretching her legs. The dance...
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Blueberry - Part Three

Think Sandra, think, think, think. Guessing the correct password for Ben’s laptop would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. She tried:...
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Rakia Maria - Part One of Two

I love the month of March in Bulgaria. It heralds the beginning of a four-month long explosion of nature straight off the back of the iciest winters...
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Father and a Song

I hear a melody of morning songs from a concert of birds poking at the stillness of sky their pleasure of sounds for my dad gone too soon are...

Good Morning Mr Antichrist 3

It might have been a rumble of distant thunder except that it went on for half an hour. The sound of the comet hitting the earth could be heard quite...
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Blueberry - Part Two

Sandra had a faith which fell somewhere between medium and strong. She thought of herself as lightly Christian and when she needed help, her faith...
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Hobbes

Oranges are orange and so is marmalade … Hobbes, like the boy’s tiger-toy in the popular American comic-strips*. * Calvin and Hobbes’
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 19

Max was as nervous as hell, and the man attaching all kinds of wires to him didn’t help. He wondered if being nervous would make him fail when he...
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A Murder of Crows

A Murder of Crows Clouds brood under dark skies billowing black as coal dust, hung low, pregnant with rain, thunder rumbles like metal sheets in a...
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Goatie 28

I woke up choking with terror, and felt like a good drink, or even a bad drink like Eldorado, the way a gourmet chef dreams of the perfect meal. Even...
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Blueberry

‘She’s the cutest puppy I’ve ever seen.’ ‘I know, mum.’ Thomas nodded his head, there were tears in his eyes and an emotional rosy flush across his...

King David said, “Oh, how I love Your law”

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] The rebel’s hearts declines disliked commands … Complacent heart reclines, ignoring sound advice … Awoken hearts incline to hear words giving Life and … Rules that release me to freedom in You. …
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Through Our Country Window

Through Our Country Window Rivulets stream thinly down landscape sheerness falling as a multiplicity of confetti drops bubbling & sprinting onto...
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Goatie 27

Cramp below my right knee, shuttled my torso along the soaking mattress. I twisted and turned and cursed to fuck and back. A memory bobbed to the...
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