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2.1 Red Herring

“Jaco!” called the counter girl as he appeared at the narrow entrance by the nook of the building standing on Szentháromság tér facing the Holy...

Redesigning the Past

Redesigning the Past The Buffalo, New York News today featured a lengthy article about the substantial rehab on an old bank building, on the South...

1:4:8 Doubles (Part 3)

Lore turned the corner, it looked as though they hadn’t even bothered. The entire building’s orbital corridor was seemingly designed to look as...
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So The Story Goes (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 54)

After the tumultuous events of last Friday, Josiah and Archibald start a fresh week back in the old routine, but nothing is quite the same!
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Parcel for You..Part 18

Spencer was staring intently out of the kitchen window, moving his head to focus on the treetops and then back down to the lawn. ‘Three blackbirds,’...
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1.3 It Came Out of The Sky

The man who came to Spain to hold those talks was Mr Gumper, the President of Arizona State Teachers College. When Jair Sivils revealed his plan,...
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A Devil of a Man (1) - Call to Arms

Image: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license. Author: VollwertBIT
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New Directions (11)

After Dev got over his initial shock things calmed down and we were able to have a sensible discussion. I handed over Celia’s cheque. Irina took all...
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Progress!

Winter’s retreating …
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1.2 It Came Out of The Sky

The Buick sped on W Olive Avenue towards west at a moderate speed. Bradley observed a familiar sight of flat land sparsely covered of weed and...
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This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Main Course

Written at the rate of 100 words per day, this is the second part of my account of a journey from the settee to the corner of our kitchen where the kettle is. At this point the kettle is switched on. I only wish, during that icy month, I could have said the same about myself.
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E is for Elephant

Elephants, memories, and old age. Did I mention big ears? A bit of flash fiction that popped into my head from out of the blue.
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The Home

Sometimes hard things have to be done!

An Old Fashioned Welcome

Welcome to my humble abode! You'll be sharing your room with a nice fat toad. Eat plenty of greasy grub while you're here. Swill it down with scummy...
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Productivity is Dead

Productivity is dead We should slow the hell down And enjoy being alive instead Bill Gates talking about AI The white collar workforce shrinking away...
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New Directions (10)

When Dev asked, ‘What are we going to do about this?’ I knew I’d get sucked in if I couldn’t find a way out. After his wife brought the tray with...

A New Song

A New Song By Paul McCann A door in the sky opened up and a song fell through , lucky I was able to catch it before it flew . far away into the...
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Don't worry it's only a war

There’s a sinister dark cloud above us Shaped like a giant atom bomb The drums of war beat loud and fast The generals, politicians and arms dealers...

1.1 It Came Out of The Sky

Kenwood, the Air Traffic Controller, picked his binoculars and zoomed in on the aircraft that came out of the sky, flying north over the mountains. A...

My Top Ten.

There are some fantastic things to watch on telly. 10. I love Inspector Morse. I have watched him for decades. 09. I love Vera, the actress who plays...

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