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BBBB
In rows, shining stems and identical, (almost) spikey tips, grey. Where could each take me? Their names gave nothing away : HB, 2B, etc pointless as...
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Cordon Bleu
An old one reposted.
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The Ghost House (Chapter 1)
It was around Christmas 1973, at the time Alan and I used to take our radios to school on the day of the Radio 1 Top 20 rundown, when Slade were at...
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The Chips at Twerton Park
When Raleigh’s ship came into port the gentry gathered round To see the cargo in its hold of veggies small and brown. But little did the people know...
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The Vault (7) Ironing
I returned from my trip to find myself covered in sweat. I showered and changed into a new set of clothes. I went into the lounge to update Adrian on...
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Pencils
...and this one isn't about pencils. Image author's own
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The Revenge Of The Stolen Children
Revenge Of The Stolen Children - A short story By Paul McCann In the darkness of the night they came in trucks to take away children from their poor...
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The Food Of the Gods
Chocolate or ambrosia?
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The Lake of Earth Sprirts
Another micro-fiction piece from the 2013 Prose Pentathlon. A repost, but one I think people might like in these times of enlightened views about the earth and our relationship to it.
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Chasing Down the Holidays
He was standing outside the Woolworth’s on 86th and Third; putting on his gloves like he was in one a them Hitchcock movies and something sinister...
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The Adventures Of Miniator -- Chapter 19 Preston Fox
Preston Fox, had just returned to London from a four week expedition in India. Where he had managed to track down and capture two tiger cubs for one...
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The Vault (6) Pool Games
The men were playing pool when I returned from my visit to the Vault. They'd somehow acquired a pool table during my latest trance, which was now...
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Dreaming the Life
Just nonsense, no need to stop here... Image author's own...
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Spaceship Food
a rework of a piece for an IP a long time ago on ‘Skeuomorphism'*
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Higher Ground
New year, new me (and all that..)
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I Dreamed of Hellscapes (2021)
That was not California. That was liminal, my brain healing itself. There was not a trellis in my history. I did not climb down knee scraping brick...
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The Birthday Girl
Brielle led a group of 3 & 4 year olds in what she called a run-run as they scooted in a meandering style to the party table guarded by two...
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What Else?
There’s the proverbial loss of words sometimes, and upon asked to tell a story, all came to mind was : dutch angles, looking long and hard at one of...
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An Undertaking
An old piece of micro-fiction
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The Vault (5) Tommy's mum's vagina
"There's a Vault," I told the men when I returned from my first visit. An archive. With a woman on reception. She took me to a booth with a hamster...
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