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The busy oven
One of my fondest memories!
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Threats and Promises? (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 10)
In which Josiah and Archibald are at cross purposes and D.S. Stone is just cross!
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Above Clunton
One pleasure of woodland in late autumn, winter, and early spring is the views visible through the skeletal trees, especially in the hills of the...
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A stick in four fetches
Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof,, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof. Woof, woof, woof...
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Who do you think you might be?
Mary had a room of her own for three months. Hidden away, 19, pregnant, silenced and a hundred miles from the tiny village of Mohill in County...
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Blue Lagoon
I have chosen Louise to be a fictional saint in my eyes as she went through something horrific and came out the other side...eventually!
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Ulf and Sven and the DNA test
Sven: ( offstage ) "Ulf. Ulf." Enter Sven Sven: "Our DNA tests have arrived, Ulf.” Ulf: “This is that test you made us do to prove our Viking...
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Two Old Dogs
My dog has no empathy. I have been home for three days—suffering in heroic silence—with a wretched bronchial infection. Even after permission was...
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Pacific Golden Plover
Golden Plover flies across the ocean – cannot swim, and so in constant motion, eighty-eight hours with no land to rest; somehow knows just how much...
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Awakening Of Spring
If perhaps a little early curious pretty primroses countenance be joyful, as sun glances between rain clouds enriching creation. I would plummet into...
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Book Smart
Overnight sensation? Hardly.
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Ice Blue Eyes
Is she cold? No, I don’t think she is. I think it’s only the eyes. But I’ve seen them when they cry, and I’ve seen her full of anger, full of grief,...
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the frog pond at equinox
the frog pool at equinox a pool, of deep brown velour, sumptuous folds catch clouds in reverse, a wish of sunlight tucked in at the bottom then...
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Waiting For the Flyers pt 6: David Walsham (1)
I consider this story as a drama, but for this part I've added a science fiction label
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Waiting for the Flyers Part 5: The Family Moot.
Chair image from Wiki commons (thanks Wiki!)
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moment of a miracle
endless now everlasting undying moment of conception spark ever living lightning bolt immortal force ever alive the miracle thrill of wild fierce...
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There is Still Time
There is Still Time to wipe your tongue across greying lips, and kiss the world back. For you are no different than us. We have all committed the...
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Personal Responsibility
Part IV Personal Responsibility Scott fell and broke his arm once while playing in the yard with some friends. I was around 5 or 6 at the time, but...
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Red Bicycle 21-22
Molloch's crimes are finally uncovered. But important evidence is missing. Parts 21-22 of 22.
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THE BAIRD WHISPERER
Updated to Increase Font Size.
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