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The Real Jesus
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Who was Jesus, do you know? … Now they could bear persecution, no more weakened by confusion, for the truth of resurrection meant sure hope, and …
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Punished By God
When I had a car accident several years ago, I had quite the scare. My brakes went out and I crashed and I'm confined to a wheelchair. I'll never...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 2
Martha and Perfidia sat with the unopened letters on the table next to their finished cups of tea. The tea had cleared their mind of the mundane and...
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When Creatures Gather
Shadows assemble like a puzzle shivering up and down as they crawl out of the dawn. These slippery shapes move slowly towards me and their granite...
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The Visit
Jack lay in his favourite place, on the thick pile rug in front of the artificial log burner. He twitched slightly as he slept. Deep dreams of...
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"Blank Canvas" (Short Story)
Just a short story, an early draft. Always appreciate thoughts.
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Ulf and Sven and the Viking Burial
Sven: (offstage) "Ulf. Ulf." (enter Sven) Sven: "Have you heard the news, Ulf? Olaf Hairshirt has died.” Ulf: “Olaf? He was only 63. How did he die...
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The Maze
The Kruger Park is big. Really Big. Paul Kruger was a man with vision he established this wild reserve long ago. Once stumbling from a function a...
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Her last wish
A mother passes Her ring to her son, ‘Make sure I’d approve Of whose finger it’s on!’ She lies and waits Trying not to persuade, As to his who he...
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The lucky escape
Have you ever had a lucky escape?
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Butterflies
Just a few lines
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A New Day
“Will you marry me?” He’s adorable. He’s so earnest. He goes all out, he’ll be kneeling there in front of me with the ring poking out of its velvet-...
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The Echo - (Adam Maxwell-Farquhar: Tale 4: Introduction)
The Echo - (Introduction) After my experiences in France, I returned to Aberdeen, and being somewhat distressed by my experiences there, I was deemed...
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Beauty and the Beholder (a rhyming version)
A rhyming version of https://www.abctales.com/story/luigipagano/beauty-and-beholder
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Trying to find peace
A bit of flash fiction
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1:1:12 Destiny
Beckoning. She held the doorway open with her body. “Come on, I know it’s only six rooms but I think you’re going to like what you see. And if you’re...
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The Forest of Discarded Raiment
It's a puzzle, alright. Image is CC-SA 3.0 from wikicommons and taken by @Ershilipu
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Welcome My Friends to The Race That Never Ends!
I had been dreading this day for a while now. Today was the culmination of months of endless training. I had, in my time, run half marathons, full...
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Why do you write?
It comes down to survival!
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part 14
Broken trees under a trail of slime, a squelching sound nearby, growing nearer, nearer, the huge slimey red lips of the giant slug reared up and onto...
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