Cherrypicked stories
I Can't Explain (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 43)
Chantelle finds her companion boring but then discovers excitement, in the form of Frankie Knight, can be pretty overrated too!
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Genius Loci
Genius Loci (a fiction?) There is, in this house, some third party hardly spoken of. If mentioned, it would not be as a person; nor would any groping...
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Gimlet and Finchley 3 - Gimlet and Flinchley
I feel sort of empty,” said Finchley. “Of course you do,” said Gimlet. “That’s because you don’t have a hand up your bottom.” Without Ted, Gimlet and...
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Gimlet and Finchley 2 - Gavin
Gavin stopped the video, and the screen froze on the image of Gimlet, basking in the laughter. “There you are gentlemen,” Gavin said. “Proof that Ted...
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The Family Feast
The family's come round for the festive feast...
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Fit for Beasts
But let me take you back to last summer. The nights were as hot as our pissing-down days; it had been chucking it down since the Spring. The air was...
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winter trees
Winter trees, I finally found you (a short seasonal poem)
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The Treadmills of My Mind
It’s that ole devil called insomnia again, where I’m entertained by the dark columns of the world’s problem page.
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Stormy Weather
Agnes. Babet and Ciarán. were the latest storms to reach the UK in 2023
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Whispers From Beyond
Whispers from Beyond I was recently introduced to an interesting feature on Facebook, by a kind friend. She showed me the “memories” feature. When...
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This Precious Lady
She’s the one who awakens on mornings so bright carries me when my thoughts are down- thank you for hours of patience sprinkled over our children-...
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The old betting lark
I don’t know why I did it. Actually, that’s a lie. It was the money. Root of all evil and all that. The reason I don’t mind telling you’s because my...
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Those We Leave Behind
Those We Leave Behind It feels like I have been standing in this field all my life. From here I can see the edge of town where trees and rivers...
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Shout!
The distortion from the speakers was horrendous, and the Methodist Hall was packed with young, sweaty bodies dancing away. Todd had given up any...
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A hole in the kitchen
It was chasing that damned mouse that had him rummaging beneath the kitchen cupboards, removing the boards and shining the light from his mobile...
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May 4th (chapter 5 part 2)
Will he sleep it out?
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May 4th (chapter 5 part 1)
Will they decide to go on another date?
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Song of Myself
Written in 1892 - Poem by Walt Whitman
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The Dodleston Timelines 3
Wendy sat in the police station. "Is the child injured?" she asked. "He has a few minor injuries," said the sergeant, who was slightly overweight and...
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