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The Road Hog
The Road Hog By Paul McCann I pulled over there on the side of the road with an overheated engine . I had no idea of my whereabouts as I had been...
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Novemberly thinking.
As this short, sad November day begins to draw quietly to an unremarkable close, the sun comes out and fills the garden with a strange, wet, yellow...
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At Home with the Rhizomes

Back to life. Back to reality. Back to writing exactly one hundred words per day.
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My Dinosaur Era Chapter 23
Definitely going to be A History of Napping now but I can't be bothered to change 22 previous chapters right now...
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The Day She Chose to Be Good
She decided, the moment the alarm went off, that today would be different. Not different in the way she sometimes meant - the vague, hungover “I’ll...
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DRUNK
Damn woman demanded commitment Read me the riot act Ultimatums never end well with me No one orders me but my C-in-C Kiss me goodbye, woman
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Red, red wine.
A mollitious warmth stole through my inward parts this evening as I directed a river of red Italian wine down my throat. Although it was an...
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genesis
Rage does not go away It turns outward or inward Rage does not go away It creates hung-faced horrors of us all Rage does not go away It roots itself...
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The Lamb of God who …

… takes away the sin of the world. [Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] They went to Pilate’s palace with hazy accusation. It was the date to celebrate God’s rescue of the nation. … their trial of this man unjustly held – Christ Jesus, predicted Passover Lamb …
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My Dinosaur Era Chapter 22
the taberna was busy, mix of locals, tourists only eight in the evening, still early for spain ginny grabbed a table, I went to the bar pointed at...
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An Artistic Expression

An Artistic Expression by Paul McCann The depiction of still life there in a art form for all to share , some fruit on a silver platter whatever the...
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Nessie Saves The Day

This is a true story, and readers, I was there… Every bank holiday at the end of May, the Gloucestershire village of South Cerney has a Duck Race, in...
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A Quiet Death
He does not like artificial light. Prefers natural darkness. Sunlight seeps in like an apology for a shy illumination of his room. She likes it this...
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wild cats chapter 3
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Easter 2025 by Alfred N.Muggins (Rogue Reporter (please don’t shoot me, I’m only the armchair journalist))
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1/5/25 Easter came in even more haste than usual, it seemed to Alfred, who liked, in recent years, to write something appropriate to this time of...
Bucharest and all that.
A man sits at a small, round table outside a café in the busy Macca Vilacrosse arcade – hardly a noteworthy sight. On the table sits the empty cup...
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My Dinosaur Era Chapter 21

get dressed, sit on the bed, no sign of ginny, long smoke break glad that she’s here, despite her toddler style whining she knew I shouldn’t be alone...
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Empathy
Having been accused of reckless driving, once we were working the whole morning and getting tired, Prof Sauer said call it a day for lunch I said “...
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FAIRY CAKES

I want to eat stale fairy cakes Crushing silver balls in my molars Annihilating all hopes of sophistication Crumbling among old mercurial fillings...
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Release from storms

Tossing, restless … suddenly … ike a boat tossed by stormy riot … stillness …
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