Cherrypicked stories
The Second Coming
Flash fiction. 300 words.
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Being rather silly
“This is probably the most important decision you will ever make in your life,” says the youth counsellor. She looks at him. He smiles anxiously. And...
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Empty M_______o
Well, I'm sure you'll work it out. Image made at canva from PD elephants.
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My Girl (Dead Reckoning series - Part 10)
In which Josiah reflects on a culinary experience and Archibald is taken by surprise!
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Nostos (Greek: homecoming)
Liberation is my thing. It’s a conundrum. Sometimes freedom, sometimes loneliness. That particular sweet freedom in coming home. Ancient Greeks...
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East from Cwm-yr-Eglwys
7/5/24) Sea mist over the sea and distant cliffs, walk the cliff path awhile. Down into a cove, see a couple of oyster catchers with their red legs...
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The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part Two of Two)
Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/1603-purgatory-part-one-two The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part Two of Two) With that the monk-like...
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Arctic Coats
We will wear our arctic coats for one last time, climbing to the top of the world that is all white and each direction is south. Winter forever...
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Sean Happens 11
‘You can’t kill The Spider as easy as that,’ said Miss Dill. ‘He was already dead in a way. He was born without a soul.’ Mr Martin pursed his lips. ‘...
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State Of Bliss
In still of night leaving cold air in peace, but for hypnotic breezes kissing leaves...then by first light bathed in morning dew – before golden dawn...
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Just Don't Eat the Pomegranate Seeds
I used to relish IKEA. Designs that are clever, useful and beautiful. Figuring out what on earth some of them actually are. Returning home with...
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Andalucian Sunrise
It was good sometimes... Image source is flicker.com no known copyright issues.
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The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part One of Two)
The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part One of Two) Air shimmered in iridescent layers, desert heat smouldering under a cloudless Arizona sky. A diamondback...
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Southwest
August in Andalusia is very hot. There's no point in attempting any hyperbolic description to convey how hot it gets. Every summer we would travel north, northeast, northwest anywhere to escape the heat - for at least a fortnight. If we went to the right place, it would be cool, but not wet. For a lot of years, Andalusia did feel like home. Image is of Galicia, destination for just one of our escapist excursions, but a picture of Cantabria, Asturias or Navarre would have done: source PXHere
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Guiris
This is some time before 2011, when I rescued the Hard drive from a kaput komputer, before chucking the rest in the bin. Around 2016 I bought a hard-drive docking station; there are now two old hard drives docked. Sometimes I look back at old stuff, luckily I don't post it all. Guiri is an insult, pretty much, in Andalucia. It used to mean Guardia Civil when they couldn't serve in their home town. Now it means any stranger/foreigner/ex-pat. There are, or used to be, both of these pubs at either end of Alhaurin El Grande's main street. Images: google maps.
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The tentative gardener
He took out his seeds to sow … the tiniest size and wonky … ’I’ll plant something else now instead!’
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"Book of All Answers"
The title of the book on the shelf was ‘Book of All Answers’ and Amy laughed when she spied it. “If only it were." She dusted the book along with its...
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The Root of All Evil
Image from Pixabay
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It's Not All Bliss
I went away for a few days, which extended to a week. Drove home yesterday and am shattered. I should have followed my instinct to just cancel chair...
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Nursery Writes
There, I feel better now... Not for the easily offended. Image canva.com
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