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The Beginning Chapter 6
Chapter Six. The Dragon Boxes. “We are happy to have been of help,” said the Fire Demon. “But this part of the world is far too cold for me. I must...
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Amanderella and the Ppockingstull Treasure Chapter 12
Chapter 12. The Twist in the tail. Amanderella didn't move immediately; she stood in the centre of their discovered points, her mind stitching the...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (25)
Part 24 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-24 Winds carrying saltwater sweep in from a brackish Bristol Channel,...
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§tandby - The Stop He Knew
The train went on and he did not count the seats again. He had counted them twice and got two numbers and there was no third number in him to try...
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Tom All Alone 18 (iii)
Mum came to collect Tom on Sunday afternoon. He was watching from the living room window and saw her coming down the road, waving when she spotted...
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§tandby - The Carriage
The gray pressed at the window and did not change. The floor shuddered under his slippers with the weight of the train, and still the gray outside...
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A Day Out With Dad
Toby asked his dad if he could go with him in the van.....
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Spacecraft Earth!
We're riding in the universe upon our Spacecraft Earth, by …
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Amanderella and the Ppockingstull Treasure Chapter 11
Chapter 11. The Final Clue. "We must find the 'river that runs without water' first." Said Amanderella. "A ha-ha!" Maudline exclaimed, then...
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The Beginning Chapter 5
Chapter Five. Hate and Fear. Eldest paused. “I don’t know about you humans, but I could do with a drink. My throat is getting very dry.” Princess...
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§tandby - The Light
The lights went at twenty to seven, the same as the night before and the night before that, and Margaret had the candles up before the picture had...
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Short extract from my novel Family Man
Hey everyone, Below is a short extract from my new novel Family Man. It's one of the more comedy based scenes. I hope people enjoy it. Roxy (Aldo's...
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Heel - § 5: The First Day
They drove out to Hollis Ward's on a Saturday in October with the windows down and Denny up on his knees in the back seat the whole way, too wound up...
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Along time ago
‘…I’m going to make a quilt, before the winter sets in, we’ll both snuggle up and hibernate…’ she said a long time ago. It was a cold October morning...
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The Beginning Chapter 4
Chapter Four. Dragon Rampage. Calizone frowned. “If you dragons only came into the world at that time, how do you know what happened before it? You’...
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Amanderella and the Ppockingstull Treasure Chapter 10
Chapter 10. Clue Two. Amanderella took the copper token from her satchel and held it up to the light one last time. Then she knelt on the grass,...
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Bron-48
Continued from Chapter 47: Bron-47 | ABCtales “You won’t get in trouble for this, Vicar?” said Bron. Reverend Gwynfor Evans lay back further in the...
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Heel - § 4: The Noticing
The church supper was over and the men had gone out to the lot to stand around the cars, and the kitchen behind them was close with steam and loud...
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Tom All Alone 18 (ii)
They sat down to dinner that night in Auntie Pat and Uncle George's kitchen. It was brighter than their kitchen at home. They had the long tube...
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Tom All Alone 18 (i)
The peace at home never lasted long, though. Quite often now, it seemed, Tom would wake up to hear something going on upstairs - loud voices, crying...
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