Cherrypicked stories
Allowing Letting Go
Don't waver – observe the beat, monitor and feel sounds that cleanse motivation; stimulating action as hours – minutes – seconds swamp minds with...
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Hope Revisited
The found couple sat on a bench, holding hands. It was a July English estuary seafront and they were amongst screeching children, feral dogs and the...
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PROFILE
Frank and I were introduced at a party in Argentina, where we both had been living for some months. He was English and I was Canadian, but we were...
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Warchild (part 2 of 2)
This is part 2 of this story, read part 1 here --- For the following two days his mum does not go to work. She tells Keavie she is staying home to...
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Warchild (part 1 of 2)
It is almost dawn, the garden a low orange from the weak spring sun. Keavie tiptoes over the piles of wet leaves smeared across the paving slabs, the...
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Flight Path
We took flight together - left the others stranded.
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The Year Harold Wilson "Saved My Ass"
This Wiki commons image might be a little too controversial for ABC (?)
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Eejit knickers
Walking past the charity-shop window, I saw my past for sale hanging up by the ear. Special Offer—£1. It was too good a bargain to miss. I breenged...
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The Fall and Rise of...Archibald Thurble?
The fourth part of the trilogy (yes, yes, I know...just go with it!) in which Horace makes an exit and Archibald watches developments.
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1949
An end of war, blossoming joy, as waiting girl and returning boy could now be wed and optimism in every heart viewed the years ahead: work hard,...
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Spook Dog (next bit)
The htis hits the proverbial
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The hidden painting chapter 4
The interview...but for what position?
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1972 A New Direction
I took thie picture of 31 018 in York Rail Museum, Forty years previously I actually drove it whilst working on the footplate at Stratford
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Time solves everything
As Sadie got out of her warm bed to make a visit to the little girls room on a mild night in June, she never imagined that her life was about to...
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Why Does It Always Rain In Graveyards?
Some believe that love can transcend time Why does it always rain in graveyards? Why does it always rain in graveyards? Of course, the reality is...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 7
The sun was setting on this very strange day as they pulled into Martha’s driveway. “Here take this,” Perfidia said and handed Martha a flashlight,...
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Shadows
‘You should consult a witch, Robin.’ Mhari’s laugh was more like a gurgle that dried up when men weren’t about. ‘You’re cursed. The evil eye or...
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The Trouble with Horace Dimchurch
The third in the festive season trilogy of Undertakers stories, in which Archibald takes charge and Josiah discovers the downside of delegation.
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Hope's Eve
Dirty old river must you keep rolling beneath a setting sun for the boy who waits. Mod suited, Chelsea booted outside the Friday night hum of trains...
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The D's in French
Image: WIkimedia Commons
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