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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 28

Max was meeting Nash at the station. He was in time to see the senior officer wrestling somebody further down the street. He heard the bloke asking...

Neologism

Jonny Smith was a boozer. When provoked, a rotton bruiser. If all was said, born a loser. But with a pools win, morphed a cruiser. Lots of freedom,...

Glancing Back

We stood at lakeside...camera poised, I thought about time flowing rapidly; imagined we were two water lillies floating on calm water, laughing at...
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The Heritage Man

The volunteer stands in the grassy courtyard of the ruined castle, a heritage knight armed already at 9:15 with enough leaflets to vanquish the...
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Goatie 33

I was getting good at getting beaten up. I curled into a ball on the bed and let them hit me. Bounced about and squealed. That way you didn’t get hit...
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Song For You

You have not asked it of me, but I'll sing a song for you Girl, I'll sing you a slow tune. It's melody strikes coarse and clumsy upon all civilised...
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Loves Reality

Loves Reality by T. Clarke He felt cold. His first sensation. He was in that transient state between sleep and near sleep where total consciousness...
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Nunca Te Rindas

The flowers that "never gave up" on our terrace in Lanzarote 2008
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A Secret of Men (Part 3 of 3)

When the kid finished the first sandwich, he took a sip of his tea with his better hand, moving it slowly through his mouth over his wounds. After a...

A Secret of Men (Part 2 of 3)

They were heading up the slabstone path in Mr. Gregor’s backyard when the sputtering began again. He remembered Ivan spinning and, pulling his mask...

Cow — and Bull

A cow is big with doleful eyes, munching, chewing … The bull is bigger, burly …
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A Secret of Men (Part 1 of 3)

The pale malnourished kid had been watching the thinly visible stream of smoke slither up the thin chimney from the dying embers. He had backed...
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Goatie 32

I tried to save Jordan. Went through the motions of trying to block and unlock death. Pulled the wire of out his mouth and got a jolt that shook me,...

"Not me, I was in Cleveland" defense.

“Not me, I was in Cleveland” Defense To date, almost 600 criminals have been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, tried and convicted by...
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Dinner with Adele

I had a young woman made to look after my daughter. Then things became complicated.
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I’ve Got It On A List

It was a very pretty piece of paper, it came from one of those pads that people actually BUY! Me, I cut up old envelopes and use those. This one was...
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Chewing the Cud

My friend Bill is rather glib and quite often he tells a fib. I listened carefully to my bud and discreetly chewed the cud. “I wandered lonely as a...
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Silas Nash book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 27

Lawson said, ‘Boss, they’re waiting for you with the suspect in Interview Room Three.’ ‘Who’ve we got?’ ‘No idea, boss.’ Nash felt his heart rate...

Cowardly or Courageous ?

When I read the Inspiration Point and pondered what I should wirte, I had no idea this would be written

Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 26

When Nash rounded the corner at Happy Mount Park, he swung into a parking bay at the farthest point from the bustle of the busy parts of the prom...
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