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The Amazing Adventure of Amanderella Gottsnobbler Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Escape. Amanderella’s idea started off modestly. She would teach the village girls one or two of her seventeen ways to disable an attacker...

The Expanse

The Expanse Dreams of satellites over Saturnian shores, unseen seascapes of fire and ice dance with imagination. Silent stellar winds, gravity and...
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The Donaldson Controversy (3)

“I think I’ll have a salad today,” said Miss Groves when we met for luncheon. “What about you?” “Jacket potato.” “And filling?” “I’ll wait to see...
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McCalliog and his hens (3)

I went into town. I wasn’t going to ring Tilly before I had all of the facts. Meirson’s didn’t look the site of a kerfuffle, it looked the same as it...
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McCalliog and his hens (2)

The next day my wife went into town to meet a friend for coffee while I pottered in the garden. She rang me mid-tulip sounding breathless with...

Swept Under: Chapter 6: (looking for feedback) 20/04/26

After being embarrassed in front of the whole school and thrown down the stairs, Red was all Musa could see. A stream of blood ran down his shin. The...

McCalliog and his hens (1)

“I went into Meirson’s Antiques today,” my wife said one night, as we sat in bed, reading. “Oh yes,” I said distractedly. “He’s got a painting, one...

The Donaldson Controversy (2)

I arrived early for the next lecture, and took my usual seat at the front of the class. I noticed a figure lurking at the side of the lecture hall, a...

Swept Under: Chapter 5: (looking for feedback) 20/04/26

Trevor got up before dawn and went for a run around the block. He liked it, the way the cold air dried his throat and made his nose run, and the way...
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Yet

Strange what one remembers, and what one doesn’t. In the beginning it was Spiderman. Though I did not know yet. Seeing was all one could do as there...
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"American Girls"

Harry Styles: 19th to 25th March 2026 (Part 8 of 9)

The Donaldson controversy (1)

“Donaldson gives a comprehensive account of the period covered in these lectures,” said Prof Ambrose, holding up a copy of the main textbook. “What...

Messages Between The Lines

Messages Between The Lines By Paul McCann If you read between the lines you’ll see what’s going on . You see in a new light when all the darkness has...

Computer Messenger

When my returned-love found my name on the net after 28 years, the computer was both my friend and my enemy, forming a safe barrier to hide behind...
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The Amazing Adventure of Amanderella Gottsnobbler Chapter 2

Chapter 2: A Match Made in Gold Buttons However, Lord and Lady Gottsnobbler had other ideas. Ever anxious about their dwindling fortunes, they...

How?

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] The Father’s power raised Jesus up … which all will one day know.

Clocks, Calendars and the Passing of Time

A story of a family drifting from cosmic time to clock time, and an old man who chooses his final hour by the Panchangam. There were clocks...
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Ridgeline - Part Thirteen: From the Woods

The brush parted — she heard it, the branches bending and the crack of a limb giving way under something that didn't slow for limbs — and the man's...

Where the Vines Fell

Roads well travelled; map like the back of the hand; different now. Time changes all, even the inanimate are not immune. Soulless structures in a...
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McCann case 5

She tugged the high-viz a little over her big belly as they walked back. A rattle in his throat. He dropped back a step, holding a hand up to show he...

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