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Julia rest of chapter 3
It wasn’t something polite people spoke about of course but when Brian made it plain that his desire was for a ‘full relationship’ she knew straight...
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Julia chapter 2 part 2
to admiHow could God make two sisters so different, and how was it that despite all the things that Valerie had, the cars the holidays, the houses,...
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Julia chapter 2 part one
Chapter 2 Valerie ‘Are we taking a little off the back this time?’ The hairdresser lifts Valerie’s hair slightly with a comb to indicate the proposed...
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julia 3
‘Would you like a glass of wine?’ In my mind I think ‘I’d like a huge Vodka’ but I know she has a limited range of alcohol, usually of the cheap and...
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julia 2
The train has stopped and I have only just noticed. We are at Portsmouth and Southsea. The man opposite checks his watch and huffs. He does a lot of...
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Julia

I am on a train, but in my mind I have set sail again. Storms are immanent. I am on my way to see my mother. At fifty years old you would think I...
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Red
WANTED Female Four nights Red only Must give in. It’s quick money and god knows I need it, I told myself, circling the ad. Besides, it’s harmless… so...
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Lost in The Waters Chapter One
After Allison suffers from one of the hardest moments of her life, followed by a traumatic car accident, she now awakes from a coma that has stripped the last five years from her memory. She must now get to know her life all over again, including the unfamiliar faces that inhabit it. As she struggles to find common ground between her present and past self, she is surrounded by people who all seem to be holding onto a big secret. Who really is Allison Mills and how did she get here?
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Instructions for digging a hole

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The Madness of Prime Minister Johnson
So anyway folks, to get back to luck and where we were before being abruptly interrupted by the consensus of opinion. Let’s discuss the resolution of...
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The Nutty Detective IV - Craven's Moriarty Complex - A Craven Danger Mystery

“Hey, Betty. What’s this letter doin’ on my desk?” “Is it movin’?” “No.” “Than it ain’t doin’ nothin’.” If I wanted to listen ta wisecracks, thought...
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Eulogies
I stood by her grave a s the casket was lowered. A shame that h er friends had commitments. I hardly knew her. "Good morning" as we passed. And two...
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Angel 66 (new pram for old)
Angel kept her head down when she came out of Naz’s shop, the girls in the unit, just called it the Paki shop on the corner. The wind blowing her...
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Cross Party Groups
"Ah, Lord Lord, I was just talking about you," said Baroness Bluster as I entered our shared office. "You were?" I said nervously, there's only one...
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Everyone remembers everything eventually

Our first encounter was as moon slugs slavering through the glass tilth of the regolith, confined to parallel trajectories the earth sun baking the...
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Report To The Boys
Yes, I crossed over. Saw Maha and Granddaddy Drinking coffee, under trees. I have loved You Swep-- You Jeremy--each and every day Since you were born...
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Why Go South For Summer

Millons year of ancient forests dug up in an instant and burnt... Copywrite free image
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Guess the weight of the Lord
I was woken by Box with my tray of coffee, toast, and assorted toast adornments. "Thank you Box," I said, expecting him to go away, it being a...
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Change of Scene

Fine droplets of water make fogs in the sky …
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