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Joey's Mountain
Oh, to be a Koala, cuddled for the first 12 months of your life. Snug and warm above, in a gum tree divide, safe in mum’s cozy fur. Dozing to a leaf...
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II. Processing - Part Two
The box moved. Not gradually. A lurch, a vibration that started in the base and traveled through the material and into her spine, and then she was...
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Penny's Pass The Story - Part Five
Deputy Marindina takes the initiative.
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Swept Under: Chapter 2: (looking for feedback) 23/03/26
“I was late home today, y‘know.” “Realy? Why was that?” “Some boys almost died at the beach.” The dinner table fell silent for a moment. “What...
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Maternal wisdom
I do not come bearing gifts, nor do I offer a bosom for you to rest your defeated head upon as you sulk about your misfortunes. I am both your...
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Swept Under: Chapter 1: draft (looking for feedback) 23/03/26
Maxis, with the rest of the class, watched from the shore as the event unfolded. He saw the lifeguard jump in as soon as Cameron and Trevor's heads...
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Swept Under: Prologue: (looking for feedback) 23/03/26
Waves coiled and crashed against the surface of the water. The wind howled while volleyballs were being punted through the warm breeze and into the...
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The Descendants of Cain
A shaman told me the story about a fearless being who walks among the righteous souls plotting to feast on their innocence. His name is man,...
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Does Anyone Care
Does Anyone Care By Paul McCann I’m waiting for them to blow the sky away yeah , I’m just sitting here waiting or the bombs to fall and for the end...
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Observation Of The Good Thief
Observation Of The Good Thief By Paul McCann So, I went up to Holy Cross and took a seat there for a while . There was no one else there and so I...
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What do you desire?
I wish I had the mind of Einstein minus the madness and abrasive behavior, then maybe my thoughts would have better conversations with my conscience...
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Bron-25
Continued from Chapter 24: Bron-24 | ABCtales Chapter 25 Bron chained her bike to a lamppost outside the Seven Stars. She put the second lock too;...
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Windows
Light casting shadows in corners it cannot enter persistent rain tip tapping or the wind searching for an entrance or an exit Do we look outside or...
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II. Processing - Part One
She woke into the dark the way you wake from anesthesia — not all at once but in layers, each layer bringing a new piece of information that didn't...
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…from ICU to…IOU for everything…
24/7 …from ICU to…IOU for everything… unknown hands unknown creeds heal my needs silver screens pulse care and tenderness soft warm eyes of every...
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A Place Called Heartspace
A Place Called Heartspace by Paul McCann I’d heard about a place called Heartspace where flowers have become crystals on multicoloured stems sitting...
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The Factory Gate
All she had to do now, was get out of there!
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Help For The Shepherd
Help For The Shepherd By Paul McCann Joe was not like most of the other young men in the town who had grown up there and established himself with a...
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R.I.P. Tammy Carper
After living for over six decades, you departed. You were my best friend and I'm brokenhearted. You liked to help people because you cared. You lost...
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Is Silence your way of speaking?
New York, August heat, and your silence like a room I keep entering expecting you to be there. Three times I have written— postcards, small attempts...
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