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Smokescreen Chapter 5

Bored yet? Really? Oh, well, there's time yet. Image by Tiia Monto CC-SA 3.0 licence source, wikipedia commons.
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Smokescreen Chapter 4

A quiet drink in The Number 6 Image licence CCA-SA 4.0 Int. image creator Lorelei Gomez
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Ugly Puggly 56
I went semi-regularly to AA meetings. There were all over the town and cities. In church halls and social clubs. There was even one in the backroom...
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Ugly Puggly 55
I’d an appointment with the doctor. I know you’re not supposed to have preferences, because mine would be for Dr Finlay. Someone that made up a fire...
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Twilight Zone

The night came out of its closet and spared no part of the land- first a shadow then like a blanket overcame twilight.
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Other Colours, Other Clocks. After W.H Auden

Other Colours, Other Clocks After W.H Auden A summer funeral home in a pound shop Essex town. The flowers are chemical, the doves bleached pigeons...
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Chemo 2

I took my poison and survived. That might sound melodramatic, but on the consent form I signed, it listed the possible side effects, and death was...
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Ugly Puggly 54
I dreamt about my mum. Usually, she was giving me something, but it was her I wanted and not the gift. I clung to her legs. My bladder got me up. I...
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Hair Today

Hair today. Hopefully not gone tomorrow. Crowning glory, luscious locks, Rapunzel’s saviour, Samson’s downfall. To cut, colour, curl and comb, to...
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Smokescreen Chapter 3

An encounter with Elvis... not that one. Picture is just an illustration of a random pop-culture reference that no-one will get. Image source is wikipedia. Image included for educational purposes.
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Smokescreen Chapter 2

A vip under caution... Image made by me form PD elements in Canva.
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The Miracle of Maldon (Part Three of Three)

You can read part one at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/miracle-maldon-part-one-three You can read part two at: https://www.abctales.com/...
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part 13
When Mary was finding a place in the basket on Regn's arm to fit a purple mushroom like a small frisbee, Regn moved at last, "PERFECT" . They went...
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Ugly Puggly 53
Ugly Puggly’s jaw stuck out, and he ground his teeth. A sputtering noise came from the back of his throat. ‘Would yous two stop fuckin about? I’m no...
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Smokescreen

Believe it or not, I wrote this as part of Nanowrimo 2007. This is Chapter One. A then near future dystopic policier where smoking was completely banned, like prohibition for liquor. You'll probably find this a bit dull, but by chapter three or four I think it has a bit of pull. Maybe I'll post those too. Here is the blurb from when I self-pubbed it badly at Bubok Prohibition: not booze, fags. Ray and Harry get wind of a lorry-load of illegal cigarettes and decide to hi-jack it at the point of delivery. Just outside Parliament. Ray and Harry recognise one of the customers. It's the Home Secretary. What can they do? A slightly revised version will be available on smashwords, eventually.
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Belle and Daisy (2)

Belle and Daisy took to being someone’s animal like a duck to water. They gave lots of kisses to everyone and, no matter how many beds my aunt, Fiona...
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Ugly Puggly 52.
It was the wee small hours when Ugly Puggly got home. I was sprawled on the couch, having fallen asleep. Sober enough to know I was drunk. I pulled...
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Belle and Daisy (1)

Before the day Belle and Daisy entered my life, I never thought I could love another dog like I did my Rex. We were down with my nanny in Waterford...
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QUESTIONS without ANSWERS

No doubt some will disagree. Don't take it personally. :)
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This Circus Must Leave Town

Why did anyone think this buffoon would ever change?
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