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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 3
Chapter Three. A Train Ride. The two women walked briskly towards the station, Amanderella’s bag bumping against her hip and Dotty trotting to keep...
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The Golden Acorn Chapter 4.
Chapter Four. Into the Dark Forest. At the end of the week, they reached the place where the road divided. One track led toward Grimbridge; the other...
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Rhapsody in G Minor
Rhapsody in G Minor Air on the G string, tintinnabulation in bluebell woods, dragonfly songs - fire and ice, rhapsodies to live for. Also posted on X...
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Simulates Sunset
Simulates Sunsets In tranquility, among the cosmos, embers as we Think of you. In light-years of longing in a single moment. For yes, we are Stardust...
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Half Time
Half Time A warning from the winds, What the spirit carries: no fumbles. It brings the stories of the sun to the touchdown! Lessons from the huddle,...
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Tomorrow;s Dawn
Tomorrow’s Dawn This concert-filled night thrums with slow-motion static. No signal, no return, with no way of meeting you. Our sense of...
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Rat Trap: November 1978
By the time Alan clocked off from the Plessey site on Sutton Road, the sky was already a black and starless maw. The kind of hungry darkness that...
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The Way We Heard. Love Was All Around Us and so was PTSD.
You know I love you... Andy was back up at the fruit machine. Bright lights of a big win on his face. He was half-listening, half-tuned in like The...
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No Forwarding Address - Part Four
He told the deputy he was all right. It came out steady. The young man bent back to his box, and the year settled around the reporter again. Nineteen...
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No Forwarding Address - Part Three
He spread the letters under the lamp, the gray ribbon coiled on the table where he had worked it loose, and meant to read them all before morning. He...
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No Forwarding Address - Part Two
He had been young the night they found the postmaster. Young enough that his own knees gave under him when he saw the man on the floor. He had been...
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Sample Chapter from my book Family Man - Bonnyrigg not Bonnybridge
Saddled wae Bruce fur the weekend. The result ae, Aldo, as he so often does, callin in a favour. The Mrs wisnae too thrilled tae satisfy this...
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The Golden Acorn Chapter 3.
Chapter Three. Heart Stopping. After six weeks of trying her best to cheer her husband up, Babbin was no better. No matter what Inga said or did, he...
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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 2
Chapter Two. Packing. The Lecture Theatre was emptying fast. Chairs scraped, bags thumped shut, and the last of the students drifted out in twos and...
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Why did He become a man?
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Hebrews 2 The Son divine became a man to rescue – this His Father’s plan – and understand our limitations...
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The Endless Wait
The Endless Wait Those voices in the dark waters are calling. Here they are, for there’s no escape. Like being inside the depths of no return...
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The Shell That They Called Home
They hadn't realised how far they had gone; how sick their heart had grown. How fatigued their body had become; yearning to return to home. How does...
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No Forwarding Address - Part One
The road into La Honda stayed dark under the redwoods long after the sky went white. The reporter came up the last stretch on foot. Sheriff's cars...
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250 Years of Independence
America is celebrating 250 years of independence today. In 1776, we declared independence and became the USA. We celebrate by shooting fireworks on...
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