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Money for the Circus 12
I've been working on this for quite a while. I do that, I get stuck. You probably should go here to read the rest of it first, but I understand if you can't be bothered.
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Early Birds and Earworms
A tale about an early bird catching a worm..
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Missed
I missed you yesterday. I think I probably do every day. I felt like if I’d opened the door you would have been in front of me, like I was ten and...
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Angola Gaffletter Chapter 5.
Chapter Five. A First Meeting. Corning Muppert probably knew as much about wool as any man alive. He had spent half his life buying fleeces from...
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Micah or the end of Magic. Chapter 9.
Chapter 9. Explaining the Jewel. Micah jumped to his feet. “I need to go to that other world.” “Sit down,” snapped Calizone, pointing a bony finger...
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The Bungalow-4
Continued from Chapter 3: The Bungalow-3 | ABCtales “You’re looking bright and breezy, all things considered. Harrow was good, then?” “Oh yeah. I had...
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Count Twice (4)
By the middle of September he had an economy again. He drew small and he drew careful, sleeping men in the deep hours, a little from each and never...
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The Continuing Story
The Continuing Story by Calum McCallion. After his Rimbaudesque disappearance in the early 2000s, Gary returned to Aberdeen in 2026. His ‘...
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Fake Wikipedia page for non existent sitcom - Stars of tomorrow, flatmates of today
Stars of tomorrow is a 2024 sitcom made for Channel 4 by JAX media. Based in a flatshare for performers at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Set over...
Micah or the end of Magic. Chapter 8.
Chapter 8 . Explanations. “Now,” said Calizone, turning to Grace, “I sense that you are magic.” Grace opened her mouth to protest, but Calizone...
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Angola Gaffletter Chapter 4.
Chapter Four. The Muppert Boys. By the time Angola was thirteen and confidently rising behind the drapery counter, Sudan was already showing...
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When ‘on time’ is late!
… my father pointing out to the man on the door the very big clock in the Post Office window opposite, showing not yet six o’clock …
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All Quiet on the Eastern Front
An homage to Siegfried Sassoon & the War Poets All Quiet on the Eastern Front Fight for your people, your country and king, Fight to do service,...
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Count Twice (3)
Tuesday came, and for the first time in six years lane three formed without him. He spent the day below a bricked-over storefront near the yards, in...
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Lullabies
Rainbows in the water from the hose. Running through the falling drops with muddy feet, laughing so hard I feel my ribs ache. Records playing we...
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The Babyccino
A question, dear reader. Do you think this can or even should go anywhere? A work in progress: “But why not, Mummy?” “Because I say so Oliver, and...
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Angola Gaffletter Chapter 3.
Chapter Three. The Teenage Years. Angola was one of the lucky ones. In Nether Wintle, most girls left school at eleven or twelve to help at home or...
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Micah or the end of Magic. Chapter 7.
Chapter 7. Calizone’s Cottage. As Josiah had said, the road into the Dark Forest began a few miles from the village. They stopped at the crossroads...
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Fake Wikipedia page for non existent sitcom spinoff movie - Bobby's Beat Abroad
Bobby’s Beat Abroad is a 1980 British comedy film direct by Cliff Owen and staring Felicity Kendal, Peter Jones, Robin Asquith and Sid James and...
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Count Twice (2)
What he kept of the missing time came to him later and never in order, and he never wrote any of it down. The pump getting larger. Not louder. Larger...
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