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Untitled at the moment. Chapter 1 maybe?
His heart is clawing against his ribcage, trying to find a gap big enough to break through. The pain in the depth of his neck suggests he has slept...
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This Sort of Thing - December 2023 - Side B
Stand aside Tristram Shandy, this is The Life and Opinions of Turlough Ó Maoláin, Gentleman. Compiled during the late part of December 2023, at a rate of one hundred words per day.
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The Darlings
The Darlings So, I was seeing this woman for a while who was in and out of the music business. She once married a man who was in a band who will...
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Cernunnos
He wasn’t really a Reverend; he was a god- botherer who could out-bible any trained-up taker of the cloth. We just called him that. I found him...
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Storm
Wind battering, rattling, howling, thunder growling, rain pounding, ground flooding, shelter shaking, hearts quaking, loose tiles lifted, breaking,...
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rain
Rain sews stitches in your vision, obstructed views. Steam flows in ribbons twisting upward from the lip of the scummy kettle, thick, white, hardened...
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Abyss
Abyss Night wind blows in from the sea covering those out on the Downs in a fine spray. A full moon hangs like a winter lantern lighting a trail...
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This Sort of Thing - December 2023 - Side A
Stand aside Tristram Shandy, this is The Life and Opinions of Turlough Ó Maoláin, Gentleman. Compiled during the early part of December 2023, at a rate of one hundred words per day.
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New Year's Resolution
New Year ’s Resolution Jennifer Pickup (01.01.2024) Another New Year, a new resolution you won’t keep ! Oh, let me take a rough guess : A diet for...
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Parcel for you....Part 11
‘Spencer?’ ‘Yes,’ ‘Come here!’ Vanessa listened as he walked to the hall and stood over her. ‘These cartridges,’ she said, holding one up without...
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The Witches of Long Compton
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“This night I will …”
“I’ll stay awake and keep so quiet and see them bring …
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Goody Two Shoes
It’s hard to find something to give up if you’re doing nothing bad in the first place.
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Burning Love (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 48)
In which Josiah and Chantelle kick their heels, Samantha loses her cool (as will Frankie, shortly, apparently!) and the Detectives prise themselves into their pursuit vehicle.
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Slipping into the Water
Our close friends now have to live with early Alzheimers; and he is suffering as much as she, while we look on and do all we can to help and support.
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Lingo Bingo
An explanation of the labour of love of my life that may have started out a long time ago as a labour of clinging on to my life.
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Broken Ability Part 1-3
That night I lay in bed awake for the first time in months. Unknown monsters lurked in the darkness, hunting my father out in the wilds. With a great...
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Jungle
(This poem is based upon my experience in Ecuador 2011) Sweat bees cling to our faces and get in our ears as we cut large leaves to sit on placed...
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Reappearing Poem
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The Masque of the Red-Faced Boris
This is the twelfth entry in the satirical series at https://www.abctales.com/collection/pandemic-tales-bojo-and-co The Masque of the Red-Faced Boris...
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