Cherrypicked stories
I Am Open To Suggestions
...but don't make my face go red.
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Bursting the Bubble
It's a busy time at Oakshott and Underwood, for all of the wrong reasons (although, to be honest, there are very few right ones!) and Josiah Oakshott is 'burning the midnight oil'...
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threshold - another go at this
At woods' beginning, lapped in May's riches : cobalt-violet periwinkles peep through indigo hung croziers - bluebells' throng - sleek-cool, sap-full...
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Truth
You’re not who you say you are. You’re not what you pretend to be. And do you want me to tell you how I know? Because the camera never lies. Right?...
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Masquerade
There are more than 20 names of birds in this composition. To save people's time I have highlighted them.
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"Antediluvian Trouble" Chapter 2
Allyssa sat in the atrium of her home staring at the setting sun and trying to meditate away her fury at Olrick. She viewed her lands beyond her open...
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"Could It Be Magic?"
Colors of the rainbow Misty through the summer shower Vibrantly shimmer Catching attention Creating smiles What is it that captures The child within...
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Winner Of The National Confession Award, 1990
--Dere wus a war. And I wus slam-bang in de middle of it. Wartime is mad, ye know. People get hurt. I never bin at war before. Not dat kind of action...
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iPanic
iPanic brush teeth dress not tucked in knickers at the back unplug my hair straighteners lippy keys tissues cash i think i need a wee did i clean my...
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The Memory Lake
The faces are the first to fade...
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Between the Photographs
Pictures scattered across years In a family album, faces fading with time. As they do.
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Timor Mortis Me Conturbat
Warning! Contains Latin with which I have taken a syntactical liberty. Although strictly speaking, the verb is generally at the end of a Latin period,this is merely a phrase. It means 'fear of death disturbs me' Image is by the 17th century painter Philippe de Champaigne, I don't think he'll mind me using it.
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Isolation Island 4 - Not Matilde
After the Colonel left, the Librarian continued with my induction. “If this is a library, where are the books?” I said. “There are no books on the...
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Broken Dream
When a country boy met a city girl.
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Hold On To Your Hamsters
Ending a Story Cycle
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this is how love is made
this is how love is made the next one, the one I marry, will have eyes of silver moon threads, we’ll wrap ourselves tight in memories made of hot...
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Isolation Island 3 - the Overseer
We walked outside. "This is the village," the Colonel said. He gestured to the surrounding circle of wooden buildings, all of them identical to the...
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Candid Camera
The camera never lies.
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