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Unknown Strength
I didn’t think I was strong enough to do it — to finish it with him — but I did. He kept banging on my door, pleading with me to take him back. That...
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The Magic of the Walking Stick

In the second year of my eighties, for my birthday, my daughter presented me with a walking stick, a Malacca Cane, with a polished wooden knob and a...
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Autumn Mix

Variety of autumn: chill, dull grey, bright sunlight, brilliant foliage display soon to patterned, colourful carpets until decay … before retreating safe under the earth for winter's cold.
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 13.
Chapter 13. Resolution. Now,” said Sophrayni, “back to the cottage.” “Why?” asked Tess. “Are you going to keep the sack there?” Sophrayni shook her...
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The Eggshell War Chapter 3.
Chapter Three. Preparing for War. King Shilee had crept out of the throne room when the battle had begun and gone to see his friend Sir Lite Ovand,...
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Unrequited Love
There's no need to sulk, sado Bertie. It's really me who should be shirty. Your winning smile is grinning Gertie. Your gardening hands are forever...
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Banished To Earth Book Two King Davin (46)

Okay, now what?” Davin asked, “ “This one’s spiralling down.” “Smells different,” Silhouette said as she walked to the left wall of the twenty-foot-...
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Leftovers
Leftovers By Curtis Ray Jones A true horror story, yes it really happened.. My parents always said I was a passive quiet baby. Of course I don’t...
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Frankenplot: "He Did Fine" (2)

The cobbler went around to the right. Peach, out of jars her mother had put up in July, in a dish with a chip on the handle that had been chipped a...
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Frankenplot: Aeolian

A small boy, a bungalow and an alien encounter...
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 11.
Chapter 11. Nesthana. The room was quiet. No guards. Just the two of them. Nesthana smiled. “You wear the hat well.” Sophrayni didn’t flinch. “No...
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 12.
Chapter 12. End Game. Sophrayni stood in the cottage, she took the black dress out of the chest and laid it out across the table. She ignored the...
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The Eggshell War Chapter 2
Chapter Two. A Messy Continuation. To understand why this should be classed as a National Disaster, you need to know something about the Kingdom of...
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Watching You, Chapters Thirty-Nine & Forty
Chapter Thirty-Nine Kelly caught her reflection in the hospital’s glazed double doors and frowned. Her hair looked ruffled and scraggly even though...
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The Bungalow-17

Continued from Chapter 16: The Bungalow-16 | ABCtales Chapter 17 “Closure?” said Razor Roy. “What’s closure?” “You know – knowing what happened. To...
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A Young Man Looks At A Barometer
He knows many things but cannot guess what this is. Its ancientness digusts him at first, the worn patina of wood, non digital dial. He determines...
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Frankenplot: "He Did Fine" (1)

The Corolla had 184,000 miles. The heat worked on high or not at all. She kept it on high. She drove. He rode shotgun with the flowers in his lap. In...
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The Things We Keep

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Old Walls - Part 3
Meanwhile back at the cottage Roz had just let in her Tuesday client, Jenny. They chatted in the kitchen for a bit like old friends. ‘Who cuts your...
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Knowing The Thing
You are a lava lamp in my chest The gloop travelling up and down Now, I might explode with love Or I might fade to black Sometimes my eyes pass over...
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