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The Reckoning
The storm raged. The rain lashed. She looked out the window. When the lightning flashed across the sky, she could see the horizontal streaks on the...
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October 31st
Autumn leaves tumble in chill October winds Street lamps glow with auburn shades of a setting sun Jack-o-lanterns adorn lawns with evil smiles in...
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A Day in the Life - Part Three
We’re on a flight to Kansas City, MO. We’re seated in a two seater. I’m on the aisle. My wife Darcey at the window. No angels named Maria to nudge...
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Construct
CONSTRUCT The fingers of one hand twitched in a strumming motion, but Bevan knew it was just the nerves dying. The shot’s report had gone out and...
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The Ruin Of Many A Poor Boy
... and god... I know... I'm one...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 10. October Part 2,
Uncle Tom made his usual appearance on the stage. This was the signal for an ear-splitting chorus of screaming, jeering, booing and hissing. From...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 10. October Part 1.
Chapter Ten. The Cinema. Mum shouted up the stairs. "If you are going to the Cinema this morning you had better get up. Now!" I hurried out bed and...
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The Doll's House Chapter 9.
Chapter 9 . New Cruxton. Early the next morning, Sophrayni found Smike in the stable yard, brushing down Shade with slow, methodical strokes. He...
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Inside The Tree
Inside The Tree By Paul McCann There’s a place I’ve heard tell where the fairy folk dwell in a tree someplace around there . Ask me no questions I’ll...
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Holiness
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] 'Holy God': what does it mean? … clothed, forgiven, our guilt He’ll hide. Now we want to live like Him …
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Ama Gozen: The Graveyard (2)
The nun came in after full dark, from the direction of the grave. Her lips were moving as she came through the door, and they stopped when she saw...
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Ama Gozen: The Graveyard (1)
The nun stood at the edge of the reeds with a halter rope coiled over her forearm. Twenty paces out, the gray horse stood in the lake and drank. Mist...
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The Church
A leather patch on an old coat, The churchyard stood full and empty. Sandstone slabs leaning over. Pock marked with time. Lives long gone, Like the...
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The Bungalow-22
Continued from Chapter 21: The Bungalow-21 | ABCtales Chapter 22 They’d agreed to meet at 11.30 in the woods off Pilgrims Way, the same place where’d...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 9.September
Chapter Nine. Marbles. Andy’s bank was just right for games of marbles. People’s feet had crumbled the cinders to fine dust. The bottom end was...
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The Doll's House Chapter 8.
Chapter Eight . Bletton. A Traveller’s Cart. Sophrayni had been following the old trade road for half a day, the path winding through bramble and ash...
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A Day in the Life - Part Two
I do concierge/valet work at a private social club in Mid-town Manhattan I’ve been at it for 25 years. That is where my walk takes me when I leave...
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The Church Dress
Mother's dress is hanging in the field. She never wore it to the field. It is on the cedar by the fence gap. The stones are through the gap. It turns...
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Uncle Aldo - Part 3
The return trip back tae Aisha’s wis consumed by a blurry silence. Maire deafenin than the drive over tae that bampots gaff. Understandable, ah guess...
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