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Manners
We're having a party. It's David's birthday. I watch him circulating with a bottle of wine, topping up glasses. People smile at him and nod or say '...
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Words of Wisdon to a Teenage Grandson
Help for a misunderstood teenager from a wise grandfather who sees it all a bit differently
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (24)
Part 23 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-23 THE PROPHESY Avian sounds echoed from a pallid sky, geese in...
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1992 - An eventful year (I.P.)
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Torment
Dear diary... Dealing with hostility, constant blight that feeds off me – so evasive still waiting for evaluation, when will answers be given?...
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The Beginning Chapter 2
Chapter Two. A Dragon’s Tale. They sat in silence for five minutes before Das swooped down beside them. “Calizone is on her way,” he announced. “She...
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Amanderella and the Ppockingstull Treasure Chapter 8
Chapter 8. Sillingwold Lodge. The ride to Sillingwold Lodge took them through twisting lanes, past hedgerows that leaned in as though trying to...
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He Came to Me (1997)
The skies opened up. Golden light poured from the clouds and the blue alike, bathing the world below in a celestial glow. A humanoid being descended...
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Heel - § 2: The Removal
The dog was at the screen door before she was up, faced out at the street, and the rag rug under him was cold where it should have been warm with the...
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Mo rún
My mammy had unrealistic hopes for me, she seriously thought I was going to join a convent and become a nun and live in Londonderry for the rest of...
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The Beginning Chapter 1
The Beginning. Chapter One. A Visitation of Dragons. Princess Jasmine’s Coming Out Ball had been a great success. True to her promise, she saved a...
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Amanderella and the Ppockingstull Treasure Chapter 7
Chapter 7. Breakfast and a journey. Breakfast at Gottsnobbler Hall was usually a quiet affair, consisting mostly of toast, polite coughing, and Lord...
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Waiting to Score
This Ekphrastic poem written to a wonderful photo of a Western Rosella taken by photographer Matt Laughton and posted on Facebook today. Waiting to...
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Loving Goodness
Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Many like religious rules that just require the commission of this and that, and … but not demanding heart submission … The laws of God are not designed to make us sad – …
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Heel - § 1: The After
Lorraine had the wash on the line by nine, and the dog came out with her and went back in with her, the screen door clapping twice in the still...
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Future-Time Travel
For example, predict the Lotto numbers and seal it unseen in a safe box and open the safe only after the draw. If the prediction was correct it could...
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Blue
times we had, the three of us - fifty summers gone a boy his dogs the day unspooling across the hills and no one sweet hiatus we three the sky the...
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Quentin
An unexpected visit to an art studio...
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Conversation With My Body
Fans of Margaret Atwood may recognize the short story which inspired this
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The First Witch Chapter 8
Chapter Eight. Home Again. Jasmine carried the box into the cottage and placed it carefully on the kitchen table. She stepped back at once. “Wait...
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