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The road up-country from Barrow to Ravenglass was notoriously bad but undeniably beautiful. Mick told her to relax and enjoy the drive, but he might...

Pierce watched the shards of colour knife over the surface of the table as he sullenly pushed and prodded his glass through puddles of spilt beer...

Staunton’s IV Jim walked up the street towards Staunton’s. Big Peggy Baranski waved to him from the upper story. She was getting ready to entertain...

I hate you with the ferocious fire of a thousand blistering suns I hope that all your number twos come out like barbed wire number ones May every...

I was revising older poems, so posting this now under Inspiration point as a good place. Sleep out: an outside bedroom on a veranda - I've slept in a few. Iron roof: The traditional corrugated metal, cools quicker at night. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

She takes the rubber duck out of the basket, places the plastic animal on the tray and walks to the back of the restaurant. Once she is seated, she...

A dog howled outside the front windows. The sound cutting through the pub. Brodie looked at Steelie, his hard gaze softening when he moved empty...

Had a phone call this morning, Meghan was with me, I put it on loud speaker, because most phone numbers, that I don’t know, they are usually from...

when a man is a dweller of the threshold she's all he lives for, wrap your words around her soldier, wrap your words around her ~ standing at the...