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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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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (10)
https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-9 Billy was fairly certain that the wolves were gone; as certain as he could be...
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Shadow Boxers in A Back Street
Scouse athletes spar on the unmade road I walk along going to work, on the ridge height of a western Cornish town. I wonder what bought them so far...
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Enduring Love
I was thinking of Valentines day, and yes I bought flowers, when I wrote this as more real for us. (Image is courtesy of Pixabay)
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The Kept Ledger (2)
The first page. Dated. A name. A specific grievance. Written in a hand that was not hers but moved the same way. 4/7/83 — Dr. Rowe. Said it was God's...
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The Kept Ledger (1)
The couple was going to fight over the quilt. Gayle saw it the minute they walked in—the woman holding her auction paddle like a hymnal, the man...
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I’m alive
I For a promised letter I waited for weeks from my friend, tired of life. Sad, in his well-equipped home with gadgets, computers, a drone. His wife...
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Girls, Beware!
Valentine's day.
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Valentines
Today is Valentines Day, and the shops are filled with hearts and flowers, all kinds of hearts, no end of flowers. Chocolate hearts, pizza hearts,...
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Bron-14
Continued from Chapter 13: Bron-13 | ABCtales Charing Cross McDonalds was loud with football chants, lads jostling and scuffling as they stuffed...
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Einstein a Go-Go
It's about ... whatever you want. No copyright on titles. Picture is Albert aged 3 source: Wikicommons Licence: Public Domain
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