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UNPLUGGED

By Ed Crane on Mon, 24 Apr 2023

Re-write and re-post.

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My Eyes.....

By Jane Hyphen on Sun, 23 Apr 2023

I first discovered that my eyes could show me a hidden world when I was three years old. We were living in a new house, a small fifties semi with...

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The Goings On at Ned's

By hudsonmoon on Sun, 23 Apr 2023

Ned the bartender was in a mood. “Bugsy! Stop eating them roaches! I’m getting complaints from the exterminator. I should be cheering you on; you’re...

Humour

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The trunk

By Starfish Girl on Sun, 23 Apr 2023

The Trunk A trunk. Not one belonging to an elephant, or an item of clothing used for swimming, or a part of the body, or what holds up a tree or even...

Other Non-fiction

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stravaganza

By Di_Hard on Sat, 22 Apr 2023

let off horizon's leash, sun casts hungrily through bare trees till shadow's cowered, tight- bowerered in honeysuckle stalks on a stumped giant,...

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Down to earth

By Itane Vero on Fri, 21 Apr 2023

First there is the dull smack on the dark water of the forest pond. Frightened birds fly from the dignified reeds into the brutal woods. I notice the...

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On The Road, Again! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 14)

By philwhiteland on Fri, 21 Apr 2023

In which the Detectives and Mr. & Mrs. Hamble head off down the coast, but not together!

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The Apple of my Eye

By luigi_pagano on Fri, 21 Apr 2023

Nature

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The Last Thing That Was Mentioned

By Steve Button on Thu, 20 Apr 2023

Heavy snow coming in off Lake Michigan in nasty flurries, a bitterly cold black Chicago night and his large, scarred hands were starting to freeze...

Surreal

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Bananas

By rosaliekempthorne on Thu, 20 Apr 2023

“Do you think you could throw it like a boomerang?” “Huh?” So, we’re walking through the supermarket and this is what she comes up with: Do you think...

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Elves, perhaps?

By Lou Blodgett on Wed, 19 Apr 2023

Space Food Sticks were now available to the general public. This was around the time that I became fully involved in life. And, like Space Food...

Rant

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Pick A City

By Ewan on Wed, 19 Apr 2023

I dare you. image created at canva.com by me.

Miscellaneous

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Moving to new areas!

By Rhiannonw on Wed, 19 Apr 2023

Dandelion’s parachute lifts the seed to travel far; sticky goosegrass*, hooked barbs of burs cling to clothes and hairy furs; berries – food-wrapped...

Nature