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Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 14

Chapter 14. Up the River Burko. Brimblewick brought the Good Intentions alongside a small jetty where the river narrowed into green shadow. “This is...
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Fear, fear the Reaper

Some say "don't fear the reaper" but I say fear, fear the reaper The reaper means no more pho soup with friends, no more plum offices or career...

The Boffin

This poem won 3rd prize in the “Inner City Life” Literary Competition 2004 and was inspired by a visit to Boffin's Books in 2004. I have sadly learnt...

Banished To Earth Splintered Souls Book One

Banished To Earth Splintered Souls Book One Chapter One 1 Chase Gillette was only twenty-two, but he already had a substantial bank account and a...
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Another Brick In The Wall: December 1979 - January 1980

Winter arrived, sharp-edged and grey. Frost clung to the pavements and frozen puddles shone like thin films of glass. The bitter air smelled of coal...

Forty days after Easter Sunday …

Jesus – once dead – alive again: for 40 days met, ate with them but came and went with powers new and taught them that they’d work to do to … So today is called Ascension Day …
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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 4

Chapter 4. Glenda the Wendle and Big Bad Bob the Fenwangler After lunch, Glenda looked out from her home across Feggy Wood. It was one of those clear...
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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 3

Chapter 3. GLENDA and the sad noise Glenda woke very early. It was a lovely, sunny morning. The night before, the wind had howled and shrieked around...
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Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 13

Chapter 13. Harbour Hopping Part 2 Amanderella spent the rest of the day watching the gulls circling over the ship’s mast and wondering how they...
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Murder Most Foul

Damn. I just killed her. Just like that. She forced me to do it, of course. Her actions, her tendencies, her personality. With a terrible inevitably...
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Tell

I promise to write him letters. I promise to write letters that use distinctive quotes from literature. I promise to use footnotes to firmly embed...

Chains Forged in Life

Dickens was on to something; these chains were forged alone. Not of greed, nor malice but of guilt and regret. Feel their weight, the tension that...
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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 2

Chapter 2. THE Wendle ball. Glenda the Wendle wended her way through Feggy Wood. She was feeling very sad and sorry for herself. Try as she might,...
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Kleptoplasty*

Costasiella kuroshimae – tiny attractive sea slug, for picture google …
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Glenda the Wendle

Chapter 1 Glenda the Wendle Glenda the Wendle wended her way through Feggy Wood. Never seen a Wendle? Well, I’m not surprised—they are very, very shy...

Bo Bo And Charlie’s Place In The Team

Bo Bo And Charlie’s Place In The Team By Paul McCann It was a cold wet Sunday afternoon and Bo Bo and Charlie went for a new player selection game on...
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Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 12

Chapter 12. Harbour Hopping. A gust of wind ruffled the cat’s whiskers. It did not blink. Amanderella leaned on the rail, watching the water shift...
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Bron-39

Continued from Chapter 38 Grace levered herself out of the front seat of the van; John-John and Bron had insisted that she take pride of place in the...
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Bo Bo And Charlie At The Circus

Bo Bo And Charlie At The Circus By Paul McCann It was spring festival time and the circus came to town . Bo Bo had some money saved in his piggy bank...

Microplastics (3/3)

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June's group of friends enacts a strange plan to end off the night. Their plan doesn't quite work as expected, however.

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