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Earning a Lashing
Grade One Day Zero From the back of the classroom W. from next door was joyfully waving for me to join him at the back clearly he was going to give...
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In the middle of a hot night …
Pitter-patter … Earth thirsts, seeking soaking … garden gasps for more, more …
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Bron-53
Continued from Chapter 52: Bron-52 | ABCtales Grace flipped on the kettle and plonked two chipped mugs onto the kitchen table. “So, what did you tell...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Crystal Aviary. Chapter 5
Chapter 5. Keepers Galore. Amanderella nodded. “Yes, that is why I am here. Since I cannot ask the Royal personage or the friend, I need you to tell...
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The Music Box Chapter 2
Chapter Two. The Clock maker. Miya could hardly wait for bedtime. As soon as she was tucked in, her mother sat beside her. “Now,” she said, “remember...
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Banished To Earth Book Two Souls Adrift, Revision (25)
“There are roots, and then there are roots.” “We’re not talking natural roots, are we?” Davin stepped back, admiring the playful living light show. “...
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Borrowed time
Let go of the week Let go of the work And find yourself alone Free of judgement An epiphany of reflection Mostly self-serving deflections Letting go...
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The Music Box Chapter 1
The Music Box. Chapter One Visiting Great Grandmother. Miya did not look forward to Saturday mornings. That was the day her mother took her to visit...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Crystal Aviary. Chapter 4
Chapter 4. The Crystal Aviary. Amanderella wheeled the motorbike round the fountain, started the engine with a polite cough of smoke, and headed back...
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I’m Only Happy When It Rains
All the things I saw, did, said, took to the vets, observed in a state of wobbliness or tapped my foot to during the final fifteen days of May.
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Highwaymen Live By a Code
Highwaymen Live By a Code [Instrumental Intro] [Spoken] Highwaymen live by a code... let me tell you a modern story of the desert roads! [Verse] Our...
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“Hide and Seek”
Looking after grandkids while the parents shop … It’s like when you play games with a little child …
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Other
Oh God, the socialites mobilize I lumber among them pallid and tree-frog fingered Silently thrashing limbs against the quicksand ways of this world...
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Father's Roses
Roses. He only grew roses. There was no middle ground, only spikes and saturation; mad and clashing. He had no truck with fragile, wilting blooms...
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Acceptance
Well, I think about these things now and zen. Image is free for non-commercial use source pickpik.com
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Crystal Aviary. Chapter 3
Chapter 3. A Home Visit. Amanderella let Sir Peristal wait just long enough for him to realise she was doing it on purpose. At last, she said, “Very...
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The Ragdoll Chapter 4
Chapter Four. Release. LP did not know what to do, but before she had time to decide, the Witch muttered something and went out of the cottage. LP...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (26)
Part 25 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-25 Night closed in like a phantom wrapping its ebony cape around an...
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Before the Ridgeline - Part Three: "The Sound"
A woman on a porch on Hickory Street, three blocks south of the strip mall, saw the dog for the first time on a Tuesday in mid-April. A brindle,...
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Before the Ridgeline - Part Two: "The Lot"
The strip mall was on the west side of town, off a road Carla didn't know the name of. A dollar store with a CLOSED sign taped inside the glass. A...
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