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Ghigau 26
26. Monday 17th Sam Tate pulled up outside the Booth residence at 9.25am. Her appointment was for 10am. She should have made this visit days ago but...
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Tom All Alone (13)
Tom would come to think of those two weeks in Cornwall as some of the happiest times he'd known. All the places they visited - as mum had promised,...
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Arabesque
When she hears it, she will know.
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Bron-15
Continued from Chapter 14: Bron-14 | ABCtales It was six weeks later, three pm; South Greenwich Magistrates' Court was working its way steadily...
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Waiting for the Light
Waiting for the Light Jennifer Pickup, 17.02.2026 We have been here before I keep trying not to cry My heart aches to hold you And I can’t yet say...
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The Less Miserables Learn a Flip (2)
She hit 847 attempts on a Thursday, two weeks and three days after she'd started counting. Still no clean land. Half-lands every session now—one foot...
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The Less Miserables Learn a Flip (1)
The guidance counselor's office smelled like old coffee and lavender air freshener fighting each other to a draw. Mrs. Patterson sat behind her desk...
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"Art of Trouble" 9
Mac locked up his repair shop and headed to his car in the parking lot. Unknown to him, Ted and Brutus watched him with calculated interest from...
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Auntie Nessie
I was rescued by a dog. Morag, a golden retriever puppy, exploring and sniffing her way along the beach found me unconscious. I had tripped and fell...
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The Damp Demise of Ronnie Porter
Humoresque Vocalese Ronnie Porter was sick of the rain because for forty six days it had been the same old story - bouncing from the roof and racing...
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