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Magic Moments
The studio audience took a collective deep breath in as Marty, hands handcuffed together behind his back, hanging upside down by his ankles, was...
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Chadpocalypse - 3:12 The Final Countdown

Need to catch up? Check out the collection here: https://www.abctales.com/collection/chadpocalypse Previous Chapter 3:12 The Final Countdown “Do you...
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REAL POWER
REAL POWER In thoughts words and deeds seek, power, the human breeds by tact, talisman, tenacity, and talent arousing everything in men lying latent...
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In a World gone Mad: 30 April 2020
Thursday 30 April 2020 Arthur This is a few words in the lifetime of an incredible, but incredibly selfish man. He was born in 1933 and grew up in...
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Break The Child: Chapter Four: A Huge Fight
Chapter Four: A Huge Fight When I went to school, everybody was asking me what was wrong with me yesterday. I told them about the headache, and they...
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74. Hot Tamales (They're Red Hot)

Even a genius can have an off day. Image author's own.
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73. 99 Luftballons

Go on, admit it, you weren't surprised... Image source Wikipedia. Licenc CC BY SA 4.0 Photographer Brad Verter
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Dunking Ink (4)
Soda was a cop, a sergeant, though he wasn’t in the Fraud and Forgery Department. He took the banknote to the police lab and quickly obtained...
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The Eye Doctor

Lionel gets an lucrative offer from an old man to have free eye surgery but at what cost?
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The House at the Edge of the Deep Blue Sea

In the past 30 years, I have lived in 25 different houses, which means I have moved 25 times, 6 times in the last 5 years alone. I am now at the...
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IVAN'S POEM

A terrible thing is happening today A terrible plague that won't go away Corona virus is the trouble Increasing at the double People all over in...
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Signs of Spring 11)

Promise of berries for winter red, for feeding the cold-weather birds, but some will be picked with their prickly leaves – broad waxy leaves for...
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The Company Runs Itself
Since the Lockdown started, what was it, four, maybe five weeks ago, Alan had lost all track of time , each day seemed to merge into the next. Like...
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The Great Plague of Milan

Then and now. Image: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Chadpocalypse - 3:11 Play the Game

3:11 Play the Game Waves of unreality washed over Chad as he watched James dragging a cornhole set into The Devil’s study from a concealed closet. It...
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Pad Life 10: Monstrosities

The Dark Shadows are rising. Or maybe I've just broken my glasses. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Heaven-sent
A (nother) reflection.... Feel free to skip.
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Father Mulrooney Makes a House Call - A Craven Danger Mystery

Lord, get me through the next thirty minutes and I’ll never again rage like a lunatic when I find Sister Helen in my whiskey cabinet. Also, let me...
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