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Jack’s Working Undercover

Jack’s Working Undercover by Paul McCann Jack works for the secret service and he has to get information from people without them ever knowing . He...
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Sing (for 11.11.2023)

Sing Jennifer Pickup, 29.10.2023 for 11.11.2023 Sunday morning, we gather at the war stone yet again, All sombre black-clad figures in the cold...
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1:4:5 Negotiations (Part 4)

They weren’t quite sure how long Lore and Char had been gone but they were enjoying spending their down time on The Vengeance. After running a few...
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Love Story 17

‘Ali come back,’ I hissed. Too late as her big feet connected with metallic bucket making it ring out. She peered back at me and put a hand over her...
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Poem of the week

Fenrir

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Harvest is Golden

The wheat fields are like a courtyard at play their stalks are ripe enough for the man to harvest. Golden in the wind firm in stature now bulked up...
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Winter Refuges

Tiny folded leaves encased in tough scales … protected from the burning frost … waiting there to grow, unfold … And the bulbs are safe as well … hibernating like the tiny dormouse; chemistry on ‘slow’ ’til switched to ‘fast’ with …
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Love Story 16

We’d arranged to meet by the coal cellar, when it was dark. I’d already checked. The lights in Mrs Connolly’s house were out. Apart from the one in...
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Being Better Ch1 - How we met, as far as I remember

(Rough draft/Thank you airyfairy for the format tip, it worked.) I first met Olivia in our first year of high-school. It’s far away from my home, far...
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The Changing of Seasons

The Changing of Seasons Skies painted silver Rain drifting on breezes. Cumulus roiling in the distance. The sigh of mountains Heaving in silence. A...
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Rustic entertainers

Rustic Entertainers Entertainment of modern day with casinos, multiplexes’ play a man can relax and enjoy at his will sweet opting from options...
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Murmuration - Chapter 21 (Part 1) 1992

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“DJ Sasha!!” Manny is screaming as a large and expanding group of us walk towards the Escape club opposite the pier roundabout. “Come on 24-hour party people”, he continues “DJ Sasha in the area!”. Katie wraps her arm around me and pulls herself into me, holding me tight, The night seems light and open under the full moon. I look at her and smile, still lost in my thoughts about tonight's gig. It feels like something important happened tonight. I can’t quite put my finger on it.

P-p-planning

Party planning, picking pals, piles of posting, phoning – purchasing plenty – pizzas, pittas, partly plain pâtés, pasties, pretty pastries, puddings...
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Philosophical Daze

Image is of The Penrose Stairs (Escher's work came afterward). Image is PD
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Life & Its Goodness

What looks like sunshine on my bed space is really moonlight from the busy nightscape that filters through a curtain beside my bed. It highlights a...
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Story of the week

Artemisia’s Hammer

A man and woman contemplate a scene of violence. Inspired by Artemisia Gentileschi.
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Love Story 15

Ali came to my room after dinner. It was too cold to do anything. So we rolled about my bed, cuddling and kissing. She moaned a few times. Flashed...
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Inside the mind of the home secretary

Homelessness was my lifestyle choice ? Does cosmo tell you which cardboard boxes are in this season ? I do nt want to be seen in the wrong soup...
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Halloween Dance

Halloween dance (inspired by Oscar Wilde’s poem The Harlot’s house) In the moonlit street Halloween's embrace, Dancing footsteps set the pace. From a...
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Parcel for you...Part 7

In the days that followed, Vanessa resolved to keep an open mind about her new spouse, a healthier mindset, free of jealousy and unrealistic...

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