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The Knights at Camelot in Christmas
Fitt I Right then! Time to start the story. The Knights of the Round Table we shall meet, via the tale of one of them: Noble Sir Gawain. And when we...
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Jordan Gravette Part 4 of 6

For any children under the age of 15 watching, tough luck I'm afraid. This is the part with the sex scene in it. I wouldn't worry though. Blink and you'd have missed it. As my wife said, nothing new there then. Regards L42
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I sit and watch
I love to sit and watch.... I watch the decorations being hung - I watch, I'm never asked, my opinion does not matter she is the expert, not even...
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The hidden painting chapter 1

This is the first chapter of my new book 'The hidden painting'. Enjoy!
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Drumming Up The Christmas Trade!

In which Archibald drums up trade whilst Josiah wrestles with a quandary!
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The Glitch

I have written a ghost story every month this year and this is the last one. A Christmas one.
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Jordan Gravette Part 3 of 6

For this part, I thought I was ripping off a scene from Seven (Google it, unless you're as old as me then you won't have to). So why does my wife think I stole it from a Christmas episode of the Vicar of Dibley? I'm not posting tomorrow. If Mrs L finds me anywhere near a computer screen on Christmas Day it won't just be the turkey being stuffed. She's right of course. It's the one sacrosanct day of the year we have left to bask in the warmth of our families and loved ones. It would be a shame to waste it. Normal service will resume on Boxing Day (tha's Part 4...the one with the sex scene). Merry Christmas L42
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Ye Olde Christmas Story
I never knew what to get Jesus for His birthday. He was good at batting away stupid questions like that. He’d been on a bit of a downer. I didn’t...
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Jordan Gravette Part 2 of 6

Have you ever been watching an episode of your favourite TV series with someone who has never seen it before, so they spend the entire episode asking dumb questions like 'who's that' and 'why are they doing that' to the point where you just want to stab them. Well, don't be that person. Read Part 1 before you read this. Don't make me go to the kitchen and get a knife.
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Jordan Gravette Part 1 of 6

Ahem...this is a Christmas story that comes in six parts. I've shamelessly stolen the plot from Charles Dickens and the format from Channel 5's Taskmaster... and maybe a bit of 'It's a Wonderful Life'. It's also seasoned with ground up bits from the Greek classics. To be honest I've tried to exert as little effort as possible when it comes to cranial activity. I sort of just pinched some stories and typed them out. There's a sex scene in part 4 or 5 that competes well with anything Alan Titchmarch has written and in places things get quite dark. Apart from that, merry Xmas. xx (Pictures mine...taken in Calgary, Canada)
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Stars on Fire

Stars on Fire Jennifer Pickup 22.12.2022 Tonight, the stars are on fire, The sky is alight with their heat, I feel the glare upon my face, As love...
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Message V [Tidings of Little Comfort, But Some Joy]

Remember these three? image created by me at The Pulp-O-Mizer.
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Ancient Festival

Still is night under festive Light, where brightly lit Overhanging trees frame Vision; carrying energetic Rhythm. Celebrate Winter Solstice, Balanced...
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You're only mid-life once
A couple of weeks ago I overheard someone say, ‘You’re only young once’. A well-used, but odd phrase, don’t you think, for aren’t we all each and...
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Hereafter

On the other side of the sky, at the back of the north wind, but together, wherever. Image author's own.
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Fair Green

De grass when it’s covered wit frost always gives me a good feeling. I like de look of it, and wunt to walk on it and hear it crunch, but it’s de...
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Familial Bliss

‘I’m so excited about going home!’ I admit to my boyfriend of three years, Ross. ‘It’ll be nice to finally meet your mom and Darragh in person and...
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Fire
I have set him on fire. Poured petrol over him as he lay in bed. Held the plastic container upside down, shaking out every last drop. I struck a...
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Feast

Celebrating Messiah’s birth, or family time for relaxation, jollity and mirth – but will excess bring weariness, fractiousness, and dearth of cash and joy in January? [IP: on …
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The Last Christmas (Part Two of Two)

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/last-christmas-part-one-two The Last Christmas - Part Two of Two It had just turned midnight...
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