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Tom All Alone 14 (v)

After that first day, Tom felt more relaxed about going to school, and soon got into the routines of the day. Lining up in the playground when the...
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Angels among us
Angels among us My wife Mary and I are prone to stop at the nearby Panera Bread Company, at Coconut Point in Estero, Florida. We enjoy a leisurely...
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Anzac Day
My dad's medals from WW11 - he was a Master Bomber in the Pathfinders and flew 60 missions. He marched to remember, every year he could. Anzac Day...
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Bo Bo In The Outback
Bo Bo In The Outback By Paul McCann Bo Bo and Charlie were enjoying their holiday in Australia. With little to do, they were watching a show on...
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The Amazing Adventure of Amanderella Gottsnobbler Chapter 8
Chapter 8: Somewhere to stay. The hut stood squat beneath its thatched roof, still rustling faintly with the night‑flying whoopee birds who had...
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Bron-34

Continued from Chapter 33: Bron-33 | ABCtales “Wow! That’s some machine you’ve got there, Mary,” said Fernandez. The black and chrome Dell notebook...
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Slow Down

Overnight the news was on: people talk fast nowadays, soundbytes even on Mainstream Media are delivered fast and loud, the questions are always shorter than the answers, which are generally little more than an on-line pitch for tiktok or instagram.
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Deaf & Dumb

ARTWORK: These poems originally written to the art of Jessica McCallum for her JM Exhibition at His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, 2009. ‘DEAF’ I see your...
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Withdrawal as Resistance – A Recluse from News

The world is bearing down on me. I can no longer endure the endless stream of news about wars and destruction, genocides and the killing of children—...
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Octogenarian
Talia Shire has become an octogenarian today. She's a talented lady, that's what I want to convey. She's starred in movies and TV shows. Talia Shire...
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You Have Reached Your Destination
You have reached your destination. The system is working. You have passed. You have failed. You have reached your destination. The system is working...
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Tom All Alone 14 (iv)

At half-past ten, the bell rang for playtime and they all went out into the main playground. It was a large rectangular area at the back of the...
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Tom All Alone 14 (iii)

Tom's class was a large, bright room next to the assembly hall. Like the hall, it had windows all along one side, but looking out over the playground...
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McCalliog and his hens (6)
We took all ten paintings outside and unwrapped them carefully. The first painting was of a pair of squat, black waterfowl. “Moorhens,” I said. “With...
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Disappearing daughter

We heard a bump on the ceiling. Had she fallen out of bed? All was quiet but up I went. The bed was empty where she had been, and she was nowhere to...
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The Amazing Adventure of Amanderella Gottsnobbler Chapter 7
Chapter 7: The Grewpugs Explorers. The river bent sharply, and at last, the jungle opened onto a clearing, the air thick with the scent of wet earth...
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Atoms

Atoms Fuselage in shadow, target due east, cargo measured by atoms, lives suspended by the spider-thread of false deities. Image free to use @...
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Marooned in a Digital Maze

Woke up to a nightmare this morning. The Internet was not working. Tried using the very same Internet connection to find the problem. Bill not paid;...
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Dandelions

Dandelions Jennifer Pickup, 24.04.2026 Those yellow flowers on the lawn, intruders that did not belong, she dug their souls up one by one using a...
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Torn Between The Two

I love the sea but fear the ocean, for its depths remind me of the abyss that is my darkened soul. I adore the flames from a menacing fire, but...
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