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Artemisia’s Hammer
A man and woman contemplate a scene of violence. Inspired by Artemisia Gentileschi.
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Love Story 15
Ali came to my room after dinner. It was too cold to do anything. So we rolled about my bed, cuddling and kissing. She moaned a few times. Flashed...
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Inside the mind of the home secretary
Homelessness was my lifestyle choice ? Does cosmo tell you which cardboard boxes are in this season ? I do nt want to be seen in the wrong soup...
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Halloween Dance
Halloween dance (inspired by Oscar Wilde’s poem The Harlot’s house) In the moonlit street Halloween's embrace, Dancing footsteps set the pace. From a...
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Parcel for you...Part 7
In the days that followed, Vanessa resolved to keep an open mind about her new spouse, a healthier mindset, free of jealousy and unrealistic...
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Seriously?
Last week on the news, I heard the story of an estranged Wife. The estrange Husband and estranged Wife, were no longer together they divorced in 2015...
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Artificial Intelligence (Hay Eye)
The two blokes sat on the steps of a disused library. They weren't actually identical twins, but looked it. Both had large stomachs which made...
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Invisible
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chemo 2 - session 2
Cheo 2 -session 1 day 5 I suppose if this is supposed to be an honest story of what it is to live with and no doubt die from cancer, it is important...
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The Book of Alfred the Great II (Muggins!), as written by that famous prophet of Past Present and Future!
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(which unfortunately did not quite get into the Bible as it was written 2,000 years too late! Neither did it get into the Torah or the Koran! – so...
The Fisherwoman and the Sea
THE FISHERWOMAN AND THE SEA For days I watched her. Every morning when I looked out to sea the trawler was there in exactly the same spot: about half...
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Planning a Children's Party
“Thank God, it comes but once a year.”
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To see through the haze
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Your thinking a haze as around you you gaze: Is life just a muddle of chance? With hatred and vice, and so much that's not nice, yet …
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Love Story 14
Mum made us both a pot of tea and put out a plate of Digestive. We sat at the table, knee to knee. She had her fags. I’d my biscuits to dunk in my...
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Persona non grata
This is the story that is slithering through the country like a dusty snake: injustice is rampant and cannot be controlled. The citizens are unsafe...
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Mother Of Acknowledgment
Mother Of Acknowledgment By Paul McCann Mother of acknowledgement the innocence you wore behind a smile , with an acceptance you carried a child ,...
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Evidence Of God
Evidence Of God By Paul McCann The innocence behind a smile , the nonsense that goes running wild Gods love will never disappear in all I see and all...
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Love Story 13
Da came through for his dinner. He glanced at us talking and laughing, grunted something, as he drowned the fish in salt and vinegar. Picked up his...
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1:4:5 Negotiations (Part 3)
The vision ended. “I think we both know what that was.” Lore spoke coldly. Crait sat there. Eyes wide open, mouth firmly shut. “What did you do to...
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Midnight Mockery (working title) 1
1 “Have you ever heard of the Midnight Game? A few years back, that game popped up on the internet, inspiring teen stupidity, scary stories to read...
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