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Original Sin
The original miscarriage of justice
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Wasn't that a party
It is inevitable. She knows for sure that there will be a day when she cannot say no. But how does that work? She is burying her head in the sand...
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Original
After hours in the kitchen I toss words in a salad. Caesar’s romaine head, some Greek, One wedged trojan. (Homer wrote of men With their heads in...
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The Sounds Around The Special Places
The Sounds Around The Special Places By Paul McCann In Cushendrum the birds all hum and the bees buzz around all day, because they want to have some...
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1:4:7 Solutions (Part 4)
Outside of The Slingshot, Char initiated a second scan. A map of the entire facility and the surrounding areas appeared. The wireframe finished...
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EAT YEH
Chained outside McGinlay’s coal yard—a dog called EAT YEH, the size of a small bison. Howling, choking and mad eyed to get at you. EAT YEH had a...
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MAURICE
MAURICE “Rest your tiny mind On my reconstructed chest And know you’ll be okay. This life’s a test: I’ve wrestled it through compromise And you can...
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PLATO (AND HER BABY STEPS)
Plato (And Her Baby Steps) “Do you still find me beautiful?” She asked from in my life, As she put her book of poetry Down by the bedside light...
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Motherly Love
A young mothers’ babies follow lovingly placing as much as possible hoof-steps into mom’s own so proud of these young-uns she is. Suddenly mother...
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Parcel for you...Part 14
There was no arguing with Spencer’s claim. Vanessa was quite thrown by it, she opened her mouth to respond but something stopped her, a feeling that...
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Enoshima (Part Two of Two)
Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/enoshima-part-one-two Enoshima (Part Two of Two) On a fateful Friday afternoon, Kai was walking...
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Only Here for The Poets
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Four.
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Beyond
Beyond the politics of it all and the snowstorms that slam our souls with waves of words that contradict everything we are, the morning glories will...
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Ghost Writing
It won't last, I'm sure. Before long readers will discover that I am a fraud. That the writings published under my name, are not mine but have been...
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Rescues of Holy Waters <stripped>
It’s hot… Another sweltering high pressure over the Mediterranean. The penance of climate change has no mercy. And the political heat in this mystery...
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Innocent. Part Two.
A friend from work, many weeks ago, their car was stolen. That was inconvenience enough for them. Eventually their beloved car was found by the...
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The Tickets, One Too Many!
A friend, went to the hospital, but when she arrived, the car park was very full. She has a permit that she has paid for, it cost over a hundred...
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Enoshima (Part One of Two)
Enoshima (Part One of Two) Some marriages aren’t meant to last. People meet in circumstances that create a fairy-tale; a confluence of chance...
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New Directions (3)
3 The middle of Cambridge is well off for pubs. Dev seemed to know the place better than me. I half followed him along a short pedestrianised street...
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Lovely Palace, Must Fly
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Three.
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