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Entangled Objects

By Rhiannonw on Sat, 29 Sep 2018

She objects to the object of the exercise. The object of the exercise is to move the object objected to from the objectionable place to another space...

Humour

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Gift: A Son's Story (excerpt)

By HarryC on Fri, 28 Sep 2018

In May 2015, at the age of 56 - and after a lifetime of inexplicable challenges - I was finally diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (Asperger's...

Autobiography

Non-fiction

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Parallax

By HarryC on Fri, 28 Sep 2018

On the morning train the news isn’t good – though everyone’s reading it in their own preferred version: the Mail ’s the Guardian ’s the FT ’s the...

Miscellaneous

Poem

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Promises Beyond The Veil Of Light ( PT 39 )

By skinner_jennifer on Thu, 27 Sep 2018

Picture by pixabay free images. Par Thirty Nine. Continuing Mina's account of her time in Tintagel. It was now the end of the first week of January,...

Fantasy

Story

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Promises Beyond The Veil Of Light ( PT 38 )

By skinner_jennifer on Thu, 27 Sep 2018

Picture by pixabay free images. Part Thirty Eight Mina's account of her time in Tintagel. The Solstice had gone off really well. The three brothers...

Fantasy

Story

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Agnosy

By luigi_pagano on Thu, 27 Sep 2018

News, news, news.

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Life In Ties

By jolono on Thu, 27 Sep 2018

I stare at the back of the wardrobe door and admire my DIY skills. Two cup hooks, twenty inches apart and joined together with taut string. Hanging...

Other Fiction

Story

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Mum's Orange Comb

By HarryC on Thu, 27 Sep 2018

I spent the last 7 months of her life caring full-time for my mother. Afterwards, I wrote a book about the whole experience. At 140k words, it's the...

Love

Poem

Certificate PG

Rolling in the Aisles

By HarryC on Wed, 26 Sep 2018

I was on the early shift at the supermarket. 5 am start, through to midday. I hated the early shift. I hated all the shifts. But what could you do?...

Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes...

By HarryC on Wed, 26 Sep 2018

Sure, I've had a few jobs. Too many to count. Some I got fired from, some I left. Some I didn't even start. I get bored easily, anyway. It never pays...

Humour

Biography

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A Man of the Mountain - The News

By mac_ashton on Mon, 24 Sep 2018

Chapter 1: https://www.abctales.com/story/macashton/man-mountain-routine 2 - The News The hike back to the cabin was always harder and made worse by...

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Autumn Leaves Must Fall

By skinner_jennifer on Mon, 24 Sep 2018

Watch tremble of Autumn leaves a carnival of colour, feeding, nourishing; a rich buffet replenishing roots, wind takes the blessings of the tree,...

The Fall

By mcscraic on Sun, 23 Sep 2018

The Fall By Paul McCann The sound of her fall kissed the ground where she lay and her teardrops fell as the snowflakes fell but no one heard at all I...

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Dream

By love_writing on Sun, 23 Sep 2018

She will shiver as she steps out of the sea. You will wait as she carefully tip-toes across the smooth stone shore, then arms wide open, you will...

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A Man of the Mountain - Routine

By mac_ashton on Thu, 20 Sep 2018

1. Routine The snow had just begun to fall when Jonas opened the tired, wooden door of his cabin and stepped outside, the warmth at his back...

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The Reclining Years

By hudsonmoon on Thu, 20 Sep 2018

My wife and I are big fans of shows about other people doing productive things. Cooking, vacationing, home improvement, etc. If they had a show about...

Humour

Story

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Adam In His Garden

By Kilb50 on Thu, 20 Sep 2018

The sound of high octane blades/filching daisy heads...

Poem

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Heron Haunting

By markle on Wed, 19 Sep 2018

Mist on water always makes me feel pursued. Crossing Iffley Meadows during a chill sunset, I never stop glancing toward the river, where silvery...

Nature

Non-fiction

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blackberries

By Di_Hard on Wed, 19 Sep 2018

prussian purple sprays, each sweet-swollen round of rounds bursts with crimson juice, stalk-thrust out as if reaching to fill Autumn's hungry gaze or...

Poem

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Unknown Girl

By PoetonaHill on Tue, 18 Sep 2018

A true story...

Crime

Poem

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Manhatten

By TheShyAssassin on Tue, 18 Sep 2018

Come to me October, With your dawn mists and low, heavy boughs. I will thrill to your chill. I will sing at your silence. And when November's icy...

Romance

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Not Tonight, Josephine

By luigi_pagano on Tue, 18 Sep 2018

Included in the anthology "Voices from the Web - 2017/18".

Promises Beyond The Veil Of Light ( PT 34 )

By skinner_jennifer on Tue, 18 Sep 2018

Picture by pixabay free images. Part Thirty Four Mina fell to her knees horrified to find Kate curled up on the floor frothing at the mouth, her body...

Fantasy

Story

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The Hermit

By luigi_pagano on Mon, 17 Sep 2018

Peace and tranquillity.

Spiritual

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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In the kitchen again

By caribou_ on Mon, 17 Sep 2018

I would start cooking again for you Re-label the spices, re-read the books Use every single pan From every single hook I’d start setting alarms again...

Romance

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At sea with you

By caribou_ on Sun, 16 Sep 2018

I want it to happen again I want to wade right out Into the middle of your life No raft, no float, no arm bands

Romance

Poem

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The Music Problem

By The Other Terrence Oblong on Sun, 16 Sep 2018

I was woken early one morning by a hammering on my back door. I quickly dressed and rushed downstairs to find Alun in an excited mood. "It's my...

Miscellaneous

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Tangerine static

By lavadis on Sun, 16 Sep 2018

Butterfly kisses of frost

Romance

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“Are we set to go Simon?...... Whadya you mean call you Simmo? What’s that, your wrestling name? Simpering Simmo Simmonds from Sidmouth? Oh, it’s your radio presenter name! Just you remember Simon , I’m the presenter here, you’re the water carrier. So I say again; are we set to go Simon? Whadya mean nearly? Nearly don’t cut it, moron. Get your head outa yer arse and get everything fuckin’ ready!

Albion's Perfidy

By Ewan on Sun, 16 Sep 2018

Pessimistic, one-sided, full of my own bias, will convince no-one not already convinced... Image from schoolshistory.org.uk (out of copyright).

Miscellaneous

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The Toll Booth Problem

By The Other Terrence Oblong on Sat, 15 Sep 2018

I was woken early one morning by a hammering on my back door. I quickly dressed and rushed downstairs where I found Alun holding ladies clothing. "I'...

Miscellaneous

Story

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Firenight

By rosaliekempthorne on Sat, 15 Sep 2018

The lake almost freezes. Never quite. Even in the heart of winter. But when the weather is fierce enough, in the snow-bundled heights of winter, the...

Fantasy

Story

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Not One Punch

By forest_for_ever on Sat, 15 Sep 2018

I just had to write this

Opinion

Biography

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The Last Straw

By pepsoid on Fri, 14 Sep 2018

Camels Frederick and Tristan had been rivals almost since birth. Tug-of-war, eating competitions, competitive ironing, you name it - anything that...

Humour

Story

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Promises Beyond The Veil Of Light ( PT 32 )

By skinner_jennifer on Thu, 13 Sep 2018

Picture by pixabay free images. Part Thirty Two Hirwin paused finding the light switch and slowly proceeded down the narrow stairs. He found it odd...

Fantasy

Story

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Temperature drop

By Rhiannonw on Wed, 12 Sep 2018

countryside and fashion

Nature

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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Omar's Diary - 11th September 2018

By Alan Russell on Tue, 11 Sep 2018

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Jay Rayner - BREXIT - Scotland - Healthcare I am highly excited about being invited to read an extract from my diaries at...

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storm cooking

By Di_Hard on Mon, 10 Sep 2018

unseen fingers flex kneading clouds of soughing dough as gulls white flakes, salt flavour here and now with calls of far dangers journeyed on sea's...

Poem

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