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Hazel Nuts
Pale green pixie caps hanging bells …
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Parallel Universes
Woman: Sorry I’m late, I got completely lost. Man: Where? Woman: Where was I when I was lost? Man: Yes Woman: Well, due to being lost, I don’t know...
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When your body smiles
In a deep slumber your chest sighs rhythmically as though it is gleefully narrating the events of your entire day. Eyes dancing beneath their lids,...
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The Imposter
You are not the one my soul yearns for, although the resemblance is uncanny. I noticed the emptiness in your soul as you try to take pieces of...
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Micah or the end of Magic. Chapter 4
Chapter 4. More Deserted Places. The next morning, Micah left the inn. Brean was sitting beside the village well. “I wouldn’t drink this water,” he...
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Amanderellaand the Punctual Ghost Chapter 12.
Chapter 12. The cable arrives. The rain had cleared overnight, leaving the garden smelling of damp stone and Honoria’s dahlias looking faintly...
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A Fear Of Porridge
*/ A tale of life at the bottom of the food chain in a busy hotel kitchen.
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Silent Garden Haiku
Silence except for: Squeaking of the secateurs, Butterflies and bees!
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Another attempt at Bloody, Brawling Business CH4
Scarlet’s remnants were falling through the gaps in Newton's fingers, slipping away, bit after bit. She was disappearing and Newton needed somewhere...
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Another attempt at Bloody, Brawling Business CH3
The Burial was quicker than Newton had expected. The grave was already dug when he got there, and he along with Paul and two other people carried...
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To Serve and Defect
We are the most contented slaves Working for life to dig our graves We speak in whispers down below Of all the places we never go We take our orders...
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Amanderellaand the Punctual Ghost Chapter 11.
Chapter 11. Settling the ghost. The rain began just after lunch, a soft patter at first, then a steady, slanting fall that blurred the kitchen...
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Micah or the end of Magic. Chapter 3.
Chapter 3. Elsewhere. Jek lived deep in the shadiest part of the Dark Forest, where the trees grew so thickly overhead that no sunlight ever reached...
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Farzaneh’s Song
For my dear friend Farzaneh in Iran, and for all the lovely people I met when she was guiding me round her beautiful country in 2011.
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Chapter 12 - Together
Aurora was the first one to notice. Lumen’s eyes were drained of color. She couldn’t tell what color they were before. But his irises were now a dull...
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Canalside
Along the canal, dragonflies land on lily pads, a woman in a large straw hat languidly lolls on the deck of a barge. Birds with gold backs swoop from...
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Feminism and Literature
This is just an idle observation, but possibly one worth making. It's obvious that great strides have been made towards gender equality during the...
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"one summer's day" -tanka
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Amanderellaand the Punctual Ghost Chapter 10.
Chapter 10. Roman Remains or not? The kitchen door creaked open, and Osric stamped his feet on the mat with the purposeful energy of a man who had...
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Micah or the end of Magic. Chapter 2.
Chapter 2. Deserted Places. Micah walked down the road feeling sad and confused. All his life he had believed that people who did magic were bad,...
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