Cherrypicked stories
A Hare's Breath 4 - The Horror
The thoughts of a wee boy in a wee town in the North of Ireland in the late 1960s and his love for a white Morris 1000 van and hares and bicycles and not being shot at and having a jumper to wear that doesn’t smell of sick.
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David Beckham has been in this kitchen
" David Beckham has been in this kitchen,” said Tom. “Sir David Beckham?” I said. “Really, when?” “When he was at school,” said Julie. “His...
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Taking a Dalek up the stairs
“Excuse me, Mr Murdoch,” Julie Fitzhammond shouted at me across the street. “Please, call me Bob,” I said. “What is it?” “Could you help us. We need...
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Disputed Space
Our marriage has survived some forty-seven years and even at times prospered, but during the dangerously unstable location of the Kitchen it has come...
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My Dinosaur Era Chapter 49
all dialogue this one the formatting is a bit messed up on here, I hope you can follow it ok
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GOODBYE, SOUL BROTHER 1 cont
and he added as an afterthought , “I myself have no quixotic impulses, so I might as well stay here.” 1.26. Might as well burn another one, Major...
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"Christmas with a Child's View" (....Santa Claus, Pere Noel, Father Christmas, Sinterklaas, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle....)
Needed a bit of silly to brighten this holiday, hope you forgive my slip into childish rhyme but also hope- you do enjoy it.... Merry, Happy Christmas!
My Dinosaur Era Chapter 48
five thirty on a monday morning the streets empty sunrise blocked by the buildings along western road somewhere, down there over the sea a red glow...
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A Gulliver Shaking
I was hoping by the time I got downstairs the streets would be cleared of Gullivers (of both the vintage and inchoate varieties) and bystanders (be...
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run of the arrow. chapter 5 the arrow and the boy
They were cutting through a narrow pass flanked by gnarled mesquite trees when the air snapped with a sudden, violent noise. A high-pitched, chilling...
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Elaine
On either side the profiles lie You choose the ones which catch your eye The pretty girls get picked, not I - Elaine of Cardiff (Splott). For...
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run of the arrow-chapter-4-The Ambush at the Gila River
Quinn didn't pause. He knew time was short; the Comancheros wouldn't stay drunk forever around the fire. But before he could move with Tommy, a...
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A Hare’s Breath 3 - The Accident
The thoughts of a wee boy in a wee town in the North of Ireland in the late 1960s and his love for a white Morris 1000 van and hares and bicycles and not being shot at.
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The Notch
That small oval-shaped depression A gap between the clavicles that’s where I like to kiss with soft pressure of lips or a brush with the mouth or a...
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The Kitchen Door
It was one of those French dinners that felt less like a birthday and more like a slow, indulgent suffocation. A celebration by way of forced feeding...
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The infinite blackness of death
Not many people have a memory like me. When I was young I held onto so many details and without doubt remember when I was less than one year old...
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how to get rid of free
For the price of wisdom is the government of undead Above Rupert Murdoch’s ancient heraldic head Weapons of mass destruction their paths of greed...
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Run Of The Arrow-chapter-3 Ashes of Vengeance
The sun was a searing orange blister above the Texas scrubland when Quinn, a man whose boots knew the dusty rhythm of solitude, first smelled the...
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My Dinosaur Era Chapter 47
I’ve only ever slept in ginny’s bed when I have been fantastically drunk it is hilariously large for one so small like a super duper king size or...
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Run of the arrow chapter 2 death at dawn
ested: The sun beat down on the parched earth, baking the dust into a fine, choking powder that rose in clouds behind Quinn. Wanderer was running...
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