Cherrypicked stories
Dead Man: 6 (i)

John discovers that he isn't alone after all... John opened his mouth to answer, but there was nothing. Instead he just sat there, gaping at this new...
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The Vagaries of English Weather
Image from Wikimedia Commons by Heinz-Josef Lücking.
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throwing bricks

If words were bricks, there's no building can hold my feelings, make today's News watertight so tears cannot get in; I'd hurl these at you Murderer!...
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Ghigau 2.
Lenny’s forty-five minute walk to work, down leafy avenues and across the park, was a pleasant one. It was already very warm and the morning air was...
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Ghigau 1.
One year later, near Primrose Hill, London. It was the beginning of a new week. London’s skyline glittered expensively, silhouetted against the...
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Ghigau
What happens when tragedy strikes twice?
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Pudding Detective - Chapter 4

Pudding's dreams were always weird. But since becoming a detective they had taken on a whole new level of weirdness.
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Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table

Who can sleep while the genocide goes on in Gaza? Certainly not me.
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Answer (Episode 14 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))

In which Aefelthrith provides an answer but it's not quite what Gwladys was expecting!
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Xion Usland Zero: Chapter 31

Nash was behind Norton, and she was closing in on the Harley. Travis turned in his seat. They were right behind Norton on his tail, and for a second...
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Mercury Rising

Mercury Rising Oh boy do we like to talk about the weather! I always say that in the UK at least we’d be left speechless if the topic of the weather...
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Entry 7 – Under The Skin

Journal of Isla Loren — March 23 Location: the kitchen counter Weather: cool white-grey sky, like static, making everything feel flattened, like I’m...
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The Erosion of Choice

I’m one of an ever-diminishing minority in the UK. Maybe, even, the world. The western world, certainly – if research is to be believed. I don’t have...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 30

Nash was wired from a rush of adrenaline. He couldn’t mess up again. He had to get inside Bernstein’s head, be him, and think methodically. The guard...
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The Old Look Back …

The old look back – remember those who long ago chose to take a different road, rebel against a dry, dull code; they liked the shock that shook their… some … belatedly came back – jumped track.
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The Patrolman - 28

June Hartsfield forced herself to stay awake.
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Once Around The Block

You'll know what I mean. The Block. The only solution is a good (bad) old fashioned disaster movie.
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Entry 6 — Scrubbed Raw

Journal of Isla Loren March 22 Location: kitchen window, facing the ocean Weather: overcast, like gauze over a wound Time: 8:02am ~ I should probably...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 29

Nash stood under a yew tree and watched the last car pull away from the cemetery. The place felt thick with old ghosts, but Max was nowhere around...
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The Fox and the Siamese

Life can be pure magic sometimes. The Fox and the Siamese Another rocket hit a building, a mushroom cloud billowing across my television screen,...
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