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Being Better Ch1 - How we met, as far as I remember
(Rough draft/Thank you airyfairy for the format tip, it worked.) I first met Olivia in our first year of high-school. It’s far away from my home, far...
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The Changing of Seasons

The Changing of Seasons Skies painted silver Rain drifting on breezes. Cumulus roiling in the distance. The sigh of mountains Heaving in silence. A...
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Murmuration - Chapter 21 (Part 1) 1992
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“DJ Sasha!!” Manny is screaming as a large and expanding group of us walk towards the Escape club opposite the pier roundabout. “Come on 24-hour party people”, he continues “DJ Sasha in the area!”. Katie wraps her arm around me and pulls herself into me, holding me tight, The night seems light and open under the full moon. I look at her and smile, still lost in my thoughts about tonight's gig. It feels like something important happened tonight. I can’t quite put my finger on it.
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Philosophical Daze

Image is of The Penrose Stairs (Escher's work came afterward). Image is PD
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Life & Its Goodness
What looks like sunshine on my bed space is really moonlight from the busy nightscape that filters through a curtain beside my bed. It highlights a...
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Artemisia’s Hammer

A man and woman contemplate a scene of violence. Inspired by Artemisia Gentileschi.
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Love Story 15
Ali came to my room after dinner. It was too cold to do anything. So we rolled about my bed, cuddling and kissing. She moaned a few times. Flashed...
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Inside the mind of the home secretary
Homelessness was my lifestyle choice ? Does cosmo tell you which cardboard boxes are in this season ? I do nt want to be seen in the wrong soup...
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Parcel for you...Part 7
In the days that followed, Vanessa resolved to keep an open mind about her new spouse, a healthier mindset, free of jealousy and unrealistic...
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Invisible

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chemo 2 - session 2

Cheo 2 -session 1 day 5 I suppose if this is supposed to be an honest story of what it is to live with and no doubt die from cancer, it is important...
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The Fisherwoman and the Sea
THE FISHERWOMAN AND THE SEA For days I watched her. Every morning when I looked out to sea the trawler was there in exactly the same spot: about half...
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Planning a Children's Party

“Thank God, it comes but once a year.”
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Love Story 14
Mum made us both a pot of tea and put out a plate of Digestive. We sat at the table, knee to knee. She had her fags. I’d my biscuits to dunk in my...
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Persona non grata

This is the story that is slithering through the country like a dusty snake: injustice is rampant and cannot be controlled. The citizens are unsafe...
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Love Story 13
Da came through for his dinner. He glanced at us talking and laughing, grunted something, as he drowned the fish in salt and vinegar. Picked up his...
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Love Story 12

Mum had a cup of tea on the go and the chip pan on to make Da’s tea. Animal fat and incinerated starch creating a sticky vapour that clung to every...
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The shoreline in autumn
The waves peter out over the pebbles The early evening light is fading gulls circle Stillness in the clouds filled autumn skies Like a turner...
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Firework party, a little early

Fizzy fireworks, sparkling lights: no fear here of ghosts or bombs, but colourful exciting sights – squeals, bright eyes, a rolling surprise: wheesh...
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Love Story 11
‘She would notice,’ I bit down on my bottom lip to show that was our conversation over. Ali recovered quicker than a whiplash victim cashing a cheque...
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