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Steelie 4
Steelie nudged him. ‘Get another round in. Tae even think of Cockeyed Bill’s stink’s making me boak.’ Brodie’s eyes felt heavy. He hadn’t drunk...
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'Willow's Missing Tail" 25
Once the door closed behind Daphne and Avery they were insulated in the quiet of the sun-room. Daphne walked off heading towards the other end of the...
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The Book: Chapter 20
The book was back. Alice wasn’t surprised. She knew what it was the second she saw the brown paper parcel on her desk. Its vibration filled her head...
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Testimonium Regis - Part 4 of 5
“Would you be quiet! ” Aldus whispered. “The whole bloody castle will hear you!” “Ceremony’s approaching, Aldus. Howard is down there drooling over...
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extraterrestrial
it's a crash landing, grasping, grubby
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Cows - lost, refound, tinkered with.
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Head Boy
Council estates boxed in my school on all sides. Walking home, I’d pass the newsagent where my mates and I could buy cigarettes, crisps, and the...
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The Book: Chapter 19
Voudou does her stupidity know no bounds? Oh, she makes me laugh. The arrogance of mortals. They clutch at the unknown with their sweaty hands,...
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Testimonium Regis - Part 3 of 5
He cracked through another rib. He was making progress. Hugh, with the patience of a saint, watched Aldus close, worried that he’d collapse from the...
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Expletives Not Deleted
Beware, it may offend
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A series of horses decreasing in size
My parents had at least three children it’s difficult to put a final number on it one of them was me the others were not My childhood was punctuated...
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Knees
Pursuing springtime walking sprees beside our dog, beneath the trees, I oft detected some unease amongst the birds and buzzing bees as echoed by flat...
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This is War!
(Mental Health) Fighting, for free, in my head while absorbed in the costly highs and the lows. Intricately, my consciousness will sew needless...
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Five schools
1) Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Y Bari [Barry Welsh Primary School] … 2) …
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The Book: Chapter 18
Alice sat in her car outside the terraced house in Ulverston. She felt the book’s menace pressing against her from inside the bag. It knew she was...
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THE UNDERDOG.
I remember years ago; I worked with an underdog. She was hardworking, and new. There were two best friends, who got on very well with the Manager...
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The Pheasant House
The Pheasant House In the late 1960's, while attending college at S.U.N.Y Geneseo, I worked a few summers as seasonal help in Erie County's Chestnut...
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Food For Thought.
Now we know when we go to the dentist, everything is nice and clean before it is put into your mouth, for the check up or whatever work that is to be...
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There But For The Grace Of God, Go I.
I will never forget that image that I saw, when I had to go to the hospital during the first lockdown, to do with work. I can’t remember if I had got...
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