Cherrypicked stories

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Abaddon - Chapter 1

[Author's note - Many thanks to M. J. and P. J. A. Croft for extensively correcting my Latin. I also apologize to the ghost of Karl Edward Wagner for nicking his idea. He will know
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THE DARK TIMES

This is a poem about depression. The central character is a fiction - most of her experiences and emotions are all my own. Fortunately my own saving voice has always spoken up before I left my bed.
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the writing game

To be a newbie at ABC...
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Food

Food
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Fugitive

Down the hill, tea time darkness. Headphones in. eyes down.
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Knock-a-door-run

We used to ring on doorbells then run away.
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Is This Yours? (Seven)

Jim wandered back toward the walls of the shop. Simultaneously Bob came out from behind the counter and onto the shop floor.
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Outsider

If you don't exist technologically, do you exist at all?
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Short circuit

Exercise (or surgery) can keep you young, but it won't hold back the ravages of time, as this very short tale suggests.
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The foot and mouth crisis 2001

The foot and mouth crisis 2001 A clue: “Memitim” 2 down, 5 across, DEATH... Another farmer holds his “breath” His crossword puzzle now solved, As he sits by the open fire resolved.
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My Dark Side

A stormy afternoon sets the mind off down some dark recesses from the past but there was light at the end.
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Sister Ships and Alastair - Chapter 22

22. The Elephants Now Have the Stun Gun
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Love me

Hope you enjoy, still in writers block mood..
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Let's Eat Gordon Ramsey

Let’s eat Gordon Ramsey so he’s gone from off the telly - He’ll have trouble being offensive when he’s deep down in our belly - We could lure him to my kitchen, promise vino and a natter
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Grace

poem

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