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Storm in a Teacup (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 40)
In which Chantelle comes to a decison, Frankie remembers his pills, Archibald sulks and Josiah fears for the future!
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LookTok
Rant. Nothing to see here Sharp-eyed readers will note that the graphic is a mirror-image of the tiktok logo, So it's not the tiktok logo... If they try and complain, I'll remove it. Simples.
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MALIGN INTENT - Teaser Chapter
Crowe drove out of the dry, vacant city, heading north through Drumcondra and onto Griffith Avenue to the Office of the State Pathologist. August...
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Tide
Tide We are watching football. Bellingham skates on Wembley ice. Our phones bleep with news and more news. Italy score, but we own the tide. There is...
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An evening in my village
An evening in my village Comes an evening with its crimson-colored painting over the horizon and the sky picturesquely captivating to the eye...
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The Buried Treasure (2) - Ill-gotten Gains
What lay beneath the soil? (Image from Pixabay.
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'Parcel for you..' Part 3
‘Well, he’s done a good job of the lawn. I think you need to be careful not to confuse him, he's fresh out of the box, Vanessa. Play around with the...
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The Hall of Glass Coffins
THE HALL OF GLASS COFFINS Every winter in Rome, one of the starlings migrating to the Mediterranean from the northern hemisphere detaches itself from...
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The Other Side of Paradise
The Other Side of Paradise I can still remember standing at the side of a dirt track, a sodium-coloured sun high in the sky. The heat made the air...
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The Buried Treasure
"X" marks the spot. (Image from Wikimedia Commons in the public domain)
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Risk Averse
Or risk a verse... Cartoon by Russell source Flicker.com artist Russell. Licence : CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed
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Lacking a Home, Not a Soul
I’d like to share a lesson it’s taken me years to learn. That homeless people are people too. That may seem odd to you if you’re in another nation,...
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'Parcel for you..' Part 2
‘No. I wish I was.’ ‘I’m a bit taken aback to be honest, Vanessa.’ There was a short period of silence. ‘I know….and I’m really sorry. I was having a...
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Jacques in the Box
A mysterious woman’s trunk of treasures.
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Geese
Geese Across an England October zinc sky, they come. Sketched at angles as if to resemble flags dragged. The Geese are migrating. Rain falls and I...
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'Parcel for you..'
‘Parcel for you. Shall I bring it inside?’ Vanessa was puzzled by the enormous cardboard box on the doorstep.’Oh, what is it? It looks heavy.’ The...
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"Spirit of Sleepy Hollow on All Hallows Eve" (short story) Part 2 of 4
Part one was written last Halloween, and its taken me a year to get back to it and post part 2. I've added a link to part 1 here, and hope to post the final 2 parts before, or on, Halloween. https://www.abctales.com/story/penny4athought/spirt-sleepy-hollow-all-ha...
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