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Chalk & Cheese
The car park is busy but eventually I find a vacant spot at the far end. I put the car into neutral, pull up the handbrake and turn off the ignition...
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A Mystery for Sherlock? Conan Doyle's Father and 'Sunnyside'
For those who do not know, Sunnyside is a name which perhaps conjures up a happy, warm place, basking in a content and peaceful location. In fact,...
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Peter Goldman - Poet, Doctor, Plague Survivor
Peter Goldman, a 17th century citizen of Dundee, is l;ittle known today, though he should be for two reasons: the prominence of his own life and...
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Plague and Pestilence Down the Centuries
Early Records One of the most iconic moments in the folk memory of Dundee is the image of the Protestant preacher George Wishart preaching in 1544...
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ONOMATOPOEIA
ONOMATOPOEIA Long walks on short days Brief smile on a long face Not enough onomatopoeia in my life Large bag of small toys Long wait for brief joys...
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Chapter One- needs grammar
Hey! First post on here, I have no idea if I can post work in progress here. It's been months since I made the acount, I want to post a story I'm...
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Angel 31 (hard knocks)
Angel was shaking all over when she got back to the cell. She could feel her heart beating, her bones knocking together. Lisa had some crap on the...
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We Got No Time For That Crap!
I have a son who is so stupid that I want to give him a slap. He wanted hushpuppies and I said "We got no time for that crap!" I'm Buford T. Justice...
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SHEEP AND WOLVES
Sheep and Woves Summary Told in a phsycodelic style of unreality Sheep and Wolves follows an old man named Charly and the seductress named Moana who...
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Cycle
Again. I wake up again. Cradled in my mother’s bosom, I wake up again. The world is spinning around me. I am born. I am new. I awake, in yet another...
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Elysia: The Wasteworld (3-2)
"You know who they are?" I couldn't lie. A mild feeling of betrayal washed over me. Why couldn't she have told me about them before? "I told you to...
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Elysia: The Wasteworld (3-1)
We meet some new friends, but we are unaware of what calamity is about to befall us...
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Keep Your Eye On The String
A tenuous link to the Inspiration Point and a nod to quantum string theory...
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When I Came Up for Air
When I Came Up for Air (after Stevie Smith) Everything has withered and died. How can I stay here? Once, when young, I could see futures. But not...
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A Conversation in Hester Pit. 16 January 1862
204 miners died in a Mining Disaster at Hester Pit in January 1862 Image source is Wikipedia Commons, and it is in the public domain.
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Behind the Lenses
Ol' Blue Eyes.
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Silver Sandals
Silver Sandals By Paul McCann When I’m feeling sick and tired I take my whiskey neat, One day I had a hard time so I hit the downtown beat . I found...
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The King's Cadger Road - A Fishy Tale
Forfar as a set of the peripatetic Scottish court in the Middle Ages has definitely been under investigated. Malcolm Canmore and Queen Margaret have...
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St Drostan the Wanderer
Saints should possibly still be honoured, even in an irreligious age; kept in mind in a different way. There is no patron saint of Angus,but if we...
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The Earliest Legends of Glamis and Glamis Castle
Mention the name Glamis to followers of Scottish ghost stories or folklore and they will probably conjure up memories of the 'Monster of Glamis', the...
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