Cherrypicked stories
The Big Blank (1/2)
I had two accidents more than twenty-five years apart, and remembered nothing from in between
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Turnips and a scapegoat - Chapter 7
Sebastian had never been one for obsession. He was the kind of man who floated through life, letting the current take him wherever it pleased. But...
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Turnips and a scapegoat - Chapter 6
The days in Piornal had started to feel more settled for Sebastian and Oliver, yet the village still held its secrets. The winding streets, the...
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Turnips and a scapegoat - Chapter 5
By the time autumn had fully bathed Piornal in golds and reds, Sebastian and Oliver had carved out a niche for themselves in the village. The locals...
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the claimant.
That morning, a husband and wife team—physiotherapist and psychologist—shot him a glance in the stairwell. Dr Sim always took the stairs. He knew...
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Beauty in the forgotten
In the gallery of thoughts, where opinions are brushstrokes, each hue a touch of the self, I stand, palette in hand, unfurling my own colours, bold...
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Pareidolia
Look into the flames, and what do you see? Horses and dragons flash in and flee, faces and castles seem to appear for an instant, then disappear?...
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Shorthand conversations
You ask me about the kids I went to school with over thirty years ago I see them sometimes in the street And sometimes wave hello and sometimes do nt...
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Turnips and a scapegoat - Chapter 4
Sebastian and Oliver arrived back in Extremadura with two suitcases and a dream so vivid it nearly popped like a soap bubble the moment they stepped...
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Turnips and a scapegoat - Chapter 3
The moment they stepped off the plane, England’s undeniably rich greenery did its best to win back their hearts, but their newfound passion was too...
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run-of-the-mill sexual assault.
I guess it was a classic run-of-the-mill sexual assault. I hadn’t thought about it in a long while. Until one of my wife’s friends said something,...
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The Staggers
'The Staggers did me father/and his old dad before -/now I’m the one to suffer/nature’s uncommon law.’
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Turnips and a scapegoat - Chapter 2
Inspired by their encounter, Sebastian and Oliver decided to book a trip to Piornal. They had always seen themselves as adventurers of sorts, yet now...
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Turnips and a scapegoat - Chapter 1
Sebastian and Oliver found themselves where they always were at this time on a Friday evening, at the swankiest supermarket Dorking had to offer...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 15
Martha tiptoed up the stairs and across the hallway to Perfidia’s bedroom door and knocked softly. After several seconds of no response she knocked...
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True Love
God, as I knew, was very unforgiving. Most folk think of prophets as old guys with long beards. She said cheerio to half the people in the room. That...
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Watching You Chapters Eleven and Twelve
Chapter Eleven Black slipped through a fence as dilapidated as the house he was about to enter. As he strode through the weeds, moonlight flooded the...
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Monday morning's inner voice
You sit there, slumped in your chair, eyes glazed as you stare at the mountain of tasks before you. From above, I watch you, observing the weight you...
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Caught In Charm Of What I See
Dear diary... My senses experience significant aura caught in moments like this, in my mind lightness flutters... shimmering even in absence of sun...
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My First Poem on ABCtales
Echoes from the past
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