Cherrypicked stories
The Census Problem
One morning I was woken early by an official-sounding knocking on my back door. I quickly dressed and rushed downstairs, to find two official-looking...
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A Crime Well Done
A Crime Well Done Riverton, SC July 22, 2010 My mindset is that of a man of thirty-five years. I credit this phenomenon to an abundance of curiosity...
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Do you?
Work from the Hollie McNish workshop at the Reading Literature Festival yesterday. Saw Hollie perform afterwards. She was awesome.
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A New King To Rule Them All
I came to conquer, and I conquered all, Took the crown I’d wanted all along, Put it on and danced into town, My extensive family all around me. * I...
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A Miracle in Villablanco
An old story, in more ways than one...
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If Clapton Played the Banjo
a little odd, but then so is the world
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Crassus and his Golden Tongue
53BC. Marcus Licinius Crassus, the wealthiest man in Rome, and member of the First Triumvirate, launches a military campaign against the Parthian Empire in pursuit of ever greater riches and glory. It doesn't end well.
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The Granada Scorpio Mystery.
I have no idea what happened to him. I told the Police exactly that. One day he was there and the next day he was gone. There were lots of theories...
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Bulletproof (for 11/11/16)
Bulletproof You’re alone with God tonight, Duty made you join the fight. Here you are: a field in France - Cold and fear, you’re in a trance… Orders...
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The Leather-Cloth Wars (Poetry Monthly)
I hope other writers will have a go at this. It's fun and it would be sad to lose Poetry Monthly
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Dream On
... if you can. The Footnote lists authors of inspirational/source material...
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Burning Desires Part Three
The Thatcher and Blair govenments radically changed the lives of working people. Some tried to avoid change, others welcomed the changes and embraced the new opportunities and the new sexual freedom.
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Burning Desires Part Two
The Thatcher and Blair govenments radically changed the lives of working people. Some tried to avoid change, others welcomed the changes and embraced the new opportunities and the new sexual freedom.
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Burning Desires Part One
The Thatcher and Blair govenments radically changed the lives of working people. Some tried to avoid change, others welcomed the changes and embraced the new opportunities and the new sexual freedom.
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Downpour(7) Upriver
7. Upriver Nick awoke to the sound of tools banging on metal. Sunlight streamed through the shuttered window of an airplane passenger window. Each...
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Billy Greaves Secret.
My best friend, Billy Greaves, wasn’t the sharpest tool in the box. People used to joke that his shoes had “L” and “R” written on them, just in case...
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Bat Time
It is coming to the end of bat season. The insects are thinning out as the nights get colder, and soon the bats will start their hibernation, a...
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Winter Fantasia
Snowman, his coat a trillion frosty threads...crotched by Jack, the naughty mischief maker. Each crystal cast perfect by Boreas. # Blizzard bullies,...
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The Promise.
The 30 stories in 30 Days Challenge continues. Jenny Walters had lived alone for the past six years. She’d become a bit of a recluse since her split...
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