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JINN-3's Final Wish
“Greetings, seeker. You have awakened JINN‑3. You may make three requests.”
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Another fund raising challenge for you. 32. Teeth Tales.
Another fund raising challenge for you. 32. Teeth Tales. Anything toothy, from teething, tugging your own molars out etc. Four awards on offer. Gold...
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Lost in Translation
Not long after my mother was widowed (not my father, this was two husbands in), I persuaded her to come on a short holiday with me. We decided on...
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Quiz of the Week
For this quiz you will need to wear one of the uniforms used by most proper quiz contestants. This could be large matching jumpers (for an older...
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violence begets violence
Violence begets violence, unless it's a knockout blow. Then, the violence stops!
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Ghigau 28
28. Wednesday 19th — Watford (again) After breakfast, Lenny had to leave behind a tearful Lydia to be comforted by her grandmother. The tug on his...
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Bron-18
Continued from Chpater 17: Bron-17 | ABCtales Wednesday morning. The sun, still hidden, but beginning to brighten the clouds. The roar of the...
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Apple Strudel Surprise
Granny Peach was a peach. Not a literal peach, she wasn’t orange with hints of red, (although she was round and a little furry, especially round the...
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Recipe for Disaster!
He left out the pinch of humour …
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The Mythic Embassy
I exist, even if you cannot place me.
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Purple Mountain - Part 3
The village was looking just as good as it could in the bright sunshine of late morning. Dill placed her arm in Arty’s and indulged in the fullest...
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Do Vampires Day Dream - Chapters Three & Four
Three - The Rubbish Vampire As he closed the cubicle door, it was now Vlad felt furious, his fists clenched tight, so tight his knuckles whitened,...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (12)
Part 11 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-11 Bleached skulls littered a shimmering landscape, part buried, markers...
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Nursery R-AI-me
Nonsense verse, or is it? Not created using any form of AI. Image is not created by Old McDonald and has no AI input.
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Courtesy Calls: The Better Business Bureau (3)
I also filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, because redundancy is a professional habit and because a labor complaint arriving...
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Courtesy Calls: The Better Business Bureau (2)
On my fifth visit Sheryl was not working. The schedule had moved her again. The woman on the register was Connie, the heavyset woman from my first...
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Courtesy Calls: The Better Business Bureau (1)
Rule 3: Solve the information problem. The rest solves itself. I was not eavesdropping on the woman at Holt's, because eavesdropping implies effort,...
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Compliance
You have been selected for a routine compliance review. Attendance is mandatory.
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Nolan
Nolan is a person you see who like to seat down and watch tv but something they think blow this I think I go and have a bag of crisp they got a bag...
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Thanks Clem!...Sorry about The Queue
In July 1967 my contemporaries and I graduated into a world bristling with enterprise and opportunity, eager to employ our individual talents. We had...
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