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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Two of Six)
Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/vale-shadow-king-part-one-six In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Two of Six) Standing in...
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It's the year. . .
It’s the year 2117 and Orcas have taken over the world. They have become amphibious and adapted to walking on land with stout, tiny legs, although...
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Chemo 9
Chemo 9 _ Effie, how could you do this to me? _ (softly) s’not me. Tis you. _ Don’t try to blame me. I emptied you at 12. I checked you at 4, and you...
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Unidentified Cosmos Girl
At University I attended a free Cosmos course. The course was run by a leading Professor in the Physics Department and was aimed at the unscientific...
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Ugly Puggly 80
I took a spoonful of lentil soup, tepid at best, but at least the caterers got the orangey colour right. It left my lips greasy and stained like a...
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Sic Transit Gloriana Nostre
It is what it is. Image is author's own fault
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 4
Martha brought a plate of fresh baked brownies to the table and Perfidia breathed in the chocolate laced aroma. “I love brownies; and these are...
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The Queue: Part 2
Now Steve and Al and Louis are shuffling along together. Louis has politely turned down the hash cookie Al offered to him, but he’s fascinated by the...
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The Queue: Part 1
There is a light drizzle and London is looking grey and shiny as Dave joins the end of the queue. Sorry, THE QUEUE. Has there ever been such a queue...
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GREECE TRIP APRIL 1966 - PART 4 - END OF AN ODYSSEY - MYKONOS THEN HOME
Friday 15 th April began with a visit to the National Museum in Athens. Here our party was joined by our Classics teacher, the beautiful and gracious...
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Colouring Book
Colouring Book Wherever I’ve stood. Buttershaw, New Orleans, Basildon. I’ve always looked for the people who knew truths. Not Gods, but folk who...
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Interesting Times
Not out of the woods yet.
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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part One of Six)
In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part One of Six) Billy Williams had always wondered what is was about his grandparents’ house. He had been visiting...
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All Seasons' Refuges
Into the woods in the springtime … in the summer … in winter, and each time come out more ready
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Harebells
Beauty trims heath and woodland with beckoning sways in gentle breeze, heads barely raised as flowers slip between long grass, emblems of love and...
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THE TRIALS OF AN ANGEL (PART4)
Unravelling Stumbling into the lounge I dumped my mass on my favourite couch. Sitting with my hands caressing my head I felt panic taking over. What...
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Midwinter, Remember
Bent bracken diamonding the slant light, fern trampled into forest floor where nothing (seen) can surely roam. The whole woods undeservedly deserted...
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Thirteen Letters. Chapter Nineteen.
“Life was good, so many exciting things had happened. The fifth-year contract had come and gone and soon we were approaching the tenth year, there...
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Green-Green
saturates our forest stalwart trees closeted in great abundance birch is one specimen & carries an air of independence like a white candle or a...
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Cow’s Skull with Calico Roses
A man watches his wife stage a mysterious ritual in the New Mexico desert. Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe
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