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Alice, her doll & the Gibbering Mouse
(An updated and expanded version of an older scene from my series. Working on showing, instead of telling) Down the hill from Merrihaven—past the...
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The Painter at the Crucifixion
Inspired by Francisco de Zurbaran
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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 9
Chapter Nine. The Rescue. The Library was still open. Dotty was at her desk, sorting a small pile of returned books. She looked up as Amanderella...
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The Shadow Chapter 1.
Chapter One. 18 Years Later. John Clothman was a Draper, and not just any Draper, as he often reminded people, but the finest in the land. He boasted...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Disappearing Vicar Chapter 2
Chapter 2. The Mystery is Revealed. Amanderella closed the door behind them. Lady Spruckmedder remained standing for a moment, as though arranging...
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The Violation of the Playing Field
The sports arena, whether for tennis, sepak takraw, or football, is humanity’s most refined model for resolving conflict without bloodshed. In early...
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This Moment
This Moment Silence echoes a hum: listening for a whisper in static. That rests away beyond the mountain path, at waterfalls, Edge. While moving back...
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Above it all
Above it all In motion. Light as a dream on feathers. This floating state. For only a moment. Sings like a song through cottonwood trees. Distant...
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Voices
Do you hear them too? I think - but don't know - it must be like this.
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A story for Nephew Luke.
“Washing Elephants and shooing away monkeys.” Far away, across, a very big ocean, lived four small children in a grass hut with a broken T.V set...
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Love is with me, oh iron-heart
(image from wikimedia commons)
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Clearing Out
How do you unpick a life? A Silver Spoon? A Stanley Knife? A riddle rewritten eighty times A code of unsolved Synaptic rhymes Ten pairs of pants...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Disappearing Vicar Chapter 1.
Chapter 1. Lady Maudy Spruckmedder calls. Lady Amanderella Gottsnobbler was taking a well-earned break from her lecture tours. She had travelled all...
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The Shadow Prequel
The Shadow Prequel. The Mirror Broke. In one corner of the Royal Castle was a tall tower. At the very top of the tower was a single room. The only...
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Consequences
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Consequences can come quickly, or may lurk and linger long; What you sow you will be reaping – may bring joy...
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God got this!
God got this! Pt1 Ps 130:5 I wait for the Lord, I expectantly wait, and in His word do I hope. God guide our way, come what may. But first, we must...
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Depend upon God
Depend upon God. Pt2. PS. 130:5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope. 7 Let Israel hope in the Lord; for with the Lord...
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Myhe Pyaar Karo (Love me) (do love) (make (Make Love)
Myhe Pyaar Karo (Love me) (do love) (Make love) I am in love. I have started living. I have started dying for you. I’m falling in love with you. More...
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My Baby Doll - Part IX
You were my dog for a long time. When you died, it felt like a crime. It was six years ago tonight when you perished. You were my Chihuahua and you...
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And the consequence was
I suppose you didn't mean it The casual jibe – then laughing on your way Forgotten in five minutes. And yet you ruined my day.
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