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The Lot

The shift ended at seven and the bay door came down behind me unhurried, like nothing was waiting on the other side. I sat in the truck. The radio...

The Residue

I. The dialysis patient weighs ninety-one pounds. Dan slides one hand under her shoulder blade and the other behind her knees and counts to three out...
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Parting Gift (Parts 1+ 2)

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Clamouring voices

Many voices urging choices decisions, decisions: distractions by factions – compelling voices, hypnotic voices, bulldozing voices, muddled voices,...

A Tissue of Lies in a Cold Climate

Some may call me Jubilee Jim. Winning wars on just a whim. Plenty of sunshine, plenty of vim. Even with energy saving, far from dim. Sound of mind,...
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Bron-41

Continued from Chapter 40: Bron-40 | ABCtales “Well, you’re in the right place if you want to hear Welsh spoken,” Bron said to Grace. They were in...
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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 9

Chapter 9. Glenda The Wendle Gets Wet Feet It had been raining in Feggy Wood—steadily, endlessly—for three days and three nights. On the fourth...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Moor Chap.3

Chapter 3. Cudwick-under-the-Moors. Cudwick‑under‑the‑Moors appeared suddenly, as though the countryside had grown tired of being empty and decided...

Banished To Earth Book One ( 8)

Despite their penchant for cruelty toward fallen men, she loved her sisters and trusted them, and naturally assumed they felt the same. However, some...

Banished To Earth Book One 7

Lust always ensnared men that trespassed Creichee territory. They eventually tried to take what they yearned for. Only to suffer a horrible death for...

The Evil Triangle of Creativity

If you are in any way creative in the arts, like writing, this might be of interest. Even though this piece is primarilly aimed at photographers, (...
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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 8

She stepped out of the grass. “Could you see me?” she asked. “No,” said Gary. “Not at all,” said Glen. “Not a flicker,” said Glenda. “You try it,...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Moor Chap.2

Chapter 2. A mystery unfolds. The parlour was spotless. Not merely tidy, but arranged with the precision of a woman who believed that furniture had...

Chapter 1: Black holes

First day of Montessori One of David’s first memories was from when he was three years old. His mother handed him a very snazzy tracksuit. It was...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Moor Chap.1

Chapter 1 A Disturbing Message. Lady Amanderella Gottsnobbler carefully packed her box of magic lantern slides and her lecture notes away and...
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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 7 part 2

The Wendling went on until very late, so it was mid-morning the next day when Glenda woke up. She had a good breakfast. “There must be a way to...

Banished To Earth Book One 6

He turned toward his bed and saw a cloud of bright white pin pricks swarming just above the pillow. “You waiting for me?” He yelled. “Shut up in...
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Stay

The dog came back without the boy. She came up the road we never take. The fence-line dogs did not bark for her. They have always known her. Her...
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Hard Time Killing Floor - Part Three: The First Figure

In the summer of 1964, three young men drove south from Washington, D.C., in a Volkswagen, looking for a man who might have been dead. John Fahey was...

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