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The Wishing Time On Singing Lake
The Wishing Time On Singing Lake By Paul McCann Let us go now while we are still innocent and catch some dreams in a curragh boat on singing lake and...
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Ugly Puggly 87
‘Whit happened tae the camper van?’ I ran my hand across the bodywork and locked doors and looked in the windows. ‘I washed it,’ Dave said. ‘I got...
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Ugly Puggly 86
Laura’s car was parked at the back of the Hub. A red thing, which was the colour of her shoes, small enough for one, but with two doors. The old...
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Cleanse your soul
He really tried his best, but it was impossible. He just could not get interested in the talks and lectures at the ‘Agricultural innovations for...
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Harvest
Eyes are staring at a wall In its depths lies no recognition or recall The limbs no longer working In it's perfect form It's handled with...
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A Force of Nature
Sinead’s eyes opposite me were wide. Her gaze scattering about the room like an animal frozen in headlights. She looked like the foxes we’d catch...
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Ugly Puggly 85
I was gagging for the meeting to be over even before it had begun so I could collect the cash. In my head, I slipped in and out with nobody noticing...
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"The Coffee House Spy" 5
Stacy turned from the window and holstered her gun as Brent walked back into the apartment. “Did you get the license plate?” she asked. “I framed a...
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Swings and Roundabouts
Image by Estelle from Pixabay
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More Than Words.
My Step Dad married my Mum when I was eight years old. I remember my Mum asking me, “Do you want his last name or to keep your surname?” I replied, “...
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chemo 11
Not the best of weeks, although the main culprit this week isn’t the cancer or stoma. I hate going to the dentist, and have told my dentist that I...
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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Six of Six)
Parts One to Five at: https://www.abctales.com/collection/vale-shadow-king In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Six of Six) The danger was visceral,...
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Alien Murmuration - Chapter 2 (1988)
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Back to Chapter 1 If I carefully consider my life so far I can confidently say that it is firmly and clearly split in two. Everything that happened...
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Ugly Puggly 84.
My throat was sore from breathing and I made whistling noises in the back of my throat as I trudged along towards Dalmuir West. I stopped for a...
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The First Corduroys of Fall
I take a deep breath of excitement as an Autumn chill shivers my spine whilst I suck it in and zip up my wrinkly old brown corduroy trousers; my ever...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 5
Perfidia pulled into the parking area of the Arcane Gardens and Pet Rescue and stared at the nondescript building ahead with a skeptical eye. “It...
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The Things We Think We Know
They tell me I am human, with a past and a family, with a life I don’t remember, and with reasons to take up life again, and live it fully. I look...
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Alien Murmuration - Chapter 1 (1986)
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I see that sign again; it seems like every time I get on this bus I see it. Is it on every bus or do we use this bus most days? I am not sure why I...
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Could You Imagine?
A short about acceptance—even apathy—for the scale of everything.
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