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The Phone Booth Incident - A Ned's Tavern Tale

“I solved a case today,” said Craven. “It started with the flick of an ash from a ‘46 Buick.” Craven Danger stubbed out his cigarette in the half-...
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"Unwanted Magic" 3

“I want my mom to come on the adventure too,” Joey told Flint. Flint growled in a not so happy tone. “Sure, let's take the whole family on your...
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Bert

Written 2017 – note: not pro-war 5 June 1944 – the night before D-day The massive shed at the Royal Albert Dock was a chaos of war materials. Bert...

Rest In Peace

Rest In Peace By Paul McCann Margaret was an artist with a promising future . She had been commissioned to commence a collection of artworks for the...

Sharing with the One who knows

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] We see the outer side, the smiling gaze, reports of purchases and holidays. Concerns may all be locked...

That I remain brave

“Don't you see it? Can’t you see that they are waiting for us! As soon as I step outside the door, they will grab me! Don't you realize it? Are you...
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Come and See My Etchings

Image: this work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Above Weobley

(26/01/24) Late afternoon low January sunshine bright glinting on the wet grass and squelchy mud, dazzling in the westward walk – so blundering in...
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Filthy Old Machines

How was I to resist this woman that had controlled my every waking thought for nigh on twenty years? The ability to hold my tongue went on the blink...

the E L E P H A N T in the room part five.

For the Millions who have experienced the Elephant in the Room, for All the Negatives, what Positives can be done for them? Compensation, with a...
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The Great Falafel Kerfuffle

The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Eight.
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the E L E P H A N T in the room part four.

You have heard of the butterfly affect. That all sounds genteel and sweet. Can you imagine the affect of the Elephant affect! That would be more...
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A Woman Who Likes Jazz

I finally found a woman who really liked jazz music

1:4:8 Doubles (Part 1)

Confusion. Lore and Char kept a respectable distance from the two but found it harder than they had expected. “Where are they going?” Lore and Char...
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After the Snow

After the Snow Sun sets over a sylvan skyline, birdsong fades on bare boughs, vulpine tracks of hunting paths, life crawls post Yuletide sprawl...
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The Mole (A Sonnet)

The Mole (A Sonnet) Jennifer Pickup, 26.01.2024 I’ve been hiding in the dark for too long, Seeking refuge in ground’s eternal night – A haven in...
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Ashes to Ashes (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 52)

We're at the gates of the crematorium and time is definitely running out for Frankie, but there's a shock in store for Samantha, too!
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Forgetting something? Just say London Bridge.

Any number of times during a normal day, I reach into my memory banks for some fact, figure or past memory of a place or event and find only a blank...
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Moon Over Armley

Moon Over Armley An angry cloud converses with the lunar. The sixpence sphere will always rise above. In Armley prison darkness arrives sooner. A...
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