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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honewysuckle: Chapter 34 (A)
The hospital was too sterile and too quiet, especially at this time of night. ‘How is he?’ Nash asked. ‘It won’t be long now.’ The nurse was pretty...
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Scratched
In my sleep, darkness grabbed my secrets blending them together like a fine malt whiskey spoilt by cola These were things I kept hidden from everyday...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 33 (B)
Carter shuffled into the room. He was standing on his tiptoes behind Brown and had a butcher’s knife to her throat. What the hell was happening?...
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The Bothers
“Everybody! Out! Now!” “Excuse me?” said Ned “That’s it!” said Stanley. “Now you’re all gonna drown!” Ned stood back and watched as Stanley the...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 33 (A)
Linda banged her gavel on the table. ‘On the charge of being a despicable human being who has no right to walk this earth or have the get-out clause...
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Passengers (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 35)
Not everyone on the ferry knows what they are doing, or where they are for that matter!
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Wedding Day
The rainbows reflected in the lake And everything around us was blue, green, and bright Small explosions of all the people we love kept coming Wave...
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Scar
Clotting blood has a sticky feel Like none other.
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The Agency
The pokey storefront looked to be carefully decorated and spoke of plenty of start-up capital. Behind the reception counter, framed original art hung...
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The Labor Day Ghost
Here's a one-off short story I wrote from the prompt: " What was meant to be a great bonding vacation turns sour when an uninvited guest tags along...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 32 (B)
Nash snatched the keys as Brown held Carter’s arm to stop him from running. Nash charged up the stairs and was aware of Brown guiding Carter up in...
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With Strange Feathers
It's not about birds. Image is PD
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 32 (A)
They drove away, discussing the fact that they were out of options. It wasn’t Max, and it wasn’t Finch. That left them with nobody. Every time they...
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Devil's Advocate
Devil's Advocate (Part One of Three) At the top of the world, most things look tiny although a diaphanous moon might look like a large silver coin to...
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West Pier (Chapter 4: Where the heart is)
Where the heart is It began in his feet and rapidly made its way up his legs. Noah felt his body coming apart, much the way a bean bag would if the...
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Pursue Your Dreams
Pursue your dreams chase them hard don’t give in hunt them down and corner them Poke them with a stick Be relentless cunning and sneaky set elaborate...
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West Pier (Chapter 3: Space)
Space A block or so after his encounter with Paul, Noah became aware of the emptiness of things. Cars, seemingly abandoned, lined Blatchington Road,...
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West Pier (Chapter 2: Gone)
Gone Noah woke with a start and immediately was consumed by unease. There was a brightness, a warmth to the sun piercing his curtains which he...
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West Pier (Chapter 1: Old Pier)
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How does the spider catch its fly?
Little fly that flits around bumps into a web and bound by the glue, with silk wound round when by hungry spider found; but your mind it would...
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