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Doves
The listless birds seem to have escaped from the razzamataz clutches of a hapless stage magician. Now they perch on the railing, slightly stunned,...
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The Newlyweds part 2
How are they going to navigate themselves out of a forest with no trail?
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Rainwillow Crossing (part 1 of 4)
1 He tilled the soil. Always, he did that foremost. When he woke to a silver sunrise, when he looked out over past it, at the roiling fog, the soot-...
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Silver Jubilee Lake
23 rd May 2023 Dear diary. Sauntering down to local lake at Silver Jubilee park, along nature's trail between coveted canopy; pollen particles sail...
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Aaron's World (second and Final part)
NINE YEARS AND FOURTEEN DAYS (9.534) after his arrival -- a Thursday -- Aaron returned to his couch, the exotic flavour of Puff-Bix lingering on his...
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Confessions Of A Lazy Gardener
The twine of procrastination.
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Gregory
My first and only and hardest ever crush – the kind that never really goes away – was on Gregory Jarrell. He was just a kid. And so was I. So maybe...
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Except For Ulysses
One day, perhaps, I'll finish the only book I've started that I haven't... finished that is. Image licence CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiki commons)
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"A Little Rhyme"
Fog rolls in on ocean shores Casting shadows on gossamer doors Imagination writes the tale On a ghost ship we can sail To ancient lands in our...
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The Newlyweds part 1
The first noun on the thirty eighth page of the book that first came to me on my kindle was 'die'!
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Alien Murmuration - Chapter 19 - Spring 1992
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Mum has been drinking every night recently. I mean, so have I but I am supposed to, right? I am out partying like my friends . . . like everyone’s...
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"The Coffee House Spy" 10
Brent walked into the apartment and found Thies intently watching the clip of the man at Emily’s door. “No need to wonder where he went; I saw him in...
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Mail Boxes- Magic Portals
Mail Boxes- Magic Portals In the amazing technological marvel of instant communications, that is the 21 st century, you can hook up a computer to a...
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Pack Up! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 20)
In which Chantelle, D.I. Wood and D.S. Stone all search for something, with similar results!
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The 'Mary Lou'
Goodbye Thomas Clarke!
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Alien Murmuration - Chapter 18 - Autumn 1991
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Alien Murmuration - Chapter 17- 1991
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I open the front door and push through. The darkness of the house is a tonic to my stinging eyes. I can still feel my muscles tingling in my body. My...
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Like a Tiger
It walks with a whisper the cat more like a shadow its toe-nails click click upon the wooden floors everyone in the family is asleep darkness a...
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new song
metamorphosed from round cheeked child to buzzing teen, glitter of invisible wings carries him as he flicks a switch, filling his room with music no...
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Ladies who lunch at The Entomol
The waiter served the mermaid pie with a glass of our favourite tipple As he pulled out the cork, a wasp flew out and stung me on the nipple Daphne...
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