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The Church and the Devils 6
Murder, a priest and paganism in Anglo Saxon Northumbria
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Drowning, not drowning
On New Year's Eve, in a hospital in a foreign country, Marina holds a vigil at her son's bedside. When a lost reveller appears in the otherwise empty ward, things take a strange turn.
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- 322 reads
Once Upon a Sprawling Forest
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End of days 6
And then everything returned to normal again. Except it didn't.
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- 3096 reads
The Church and the Devils 5
Aethelsunne told himself it was the things Swefrith made that kept him fascinated. The ornaments all seemed to have perfect shape and the metal in them caught the light in a way that pleased him.
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- 490 reads
The Church and The Devils 4
Murder, a priest and paganism in Anglo Saxon Northumbria
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- 495 reads
The Church and The Devils 3
Murder, a priest and paganism in Anglo Saxon Northumbria
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- 659 reads
Punch up in the Rovers
and two hours later I opened the door to plumes of smoke a Victoria sponge
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There's a dog in the playground!
a goalkeeper runs up for a corner sprinting like an escaped con
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Crusaders
An office becomes the battleground for a holy war
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- 1401 reads
My Garden Memories of my late friend Sue
My Garden memories of my late friend Sue. We would sit and talk of what we would do, here in my garden I now think of you.
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- 6395 reads
A Declaration
For my Jerry.
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- 1695 reads
Days like These...
‘The Chaos Theory’ personified – you and your room...
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Even this
Inspired by William Carlos Williams.
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- 902 reads
Petals
Embrace me like the petals of a flower at night...
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NINE THIRTY-FOUR IN THE EVENING
As an experiment, I wrote this directly onto ABCtales, a form of free writing if you will. For the record I love my wife very much, it is my illness that makes me withdraw.
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- 3808 reads
Hughie Gringo
Opportunity Knocks
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No Bear, No Forest
Everything fourteen year old Lester McSweeney knows about life he learned from reading Louis L'Amour cowboy stories.
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Street of Dreams
“Protection is for keeping something terrible from happening.”
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- 878 reads
Jigsaw 1
Information for kids...............
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I want a hoody plain and black
Another tale of an ex
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Medusas
I didn’t kiss Odgeir because I fancied him, but because I knew other people fancied him.
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The Church and the Devils 2
Murder, a priest and paganism in Anglo Saxon Northumbria
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- 508 reads
The Church and the Devils 1
Murder, a priest and paganism in Anglo Saxon Northumbria
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- 703 reads
The Church and the Devils – Prologue
Murder, a priest and paganism in Anglo Saxon Northumbria
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The Label
*I mean it’s just a label, nothing would change. It’s just that it has a label now.*
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Daily Deluge
POV doodle Re-post. inspired by http://www.abctales.com/story/zemikael-habte-mariam/when-does-refugee-st... nothing changes
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The cupboard
The front door key felt heavy in my hand, as I pulled it from my pocket and slowly inserted it. There was a near silent click, as the well oiled lock turned.
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FOR ALL HIS LIFE... (I.P.)
For all his life he'd tried his best To make the grade, to pass each test; To raise the bar, to win the game To leave his mark, to etch his name; To scale the heights, to reach the top
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Postcard from Mumbai
Those few precious lines are part of the ether now...
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A camping we will go...
Let’s amble back down the winding path of time to 1983. To a patch of ground on the Nicol Ballogie estate near Aboyne and the Peterhead scout troop’s annual summer camp; where boys became men!
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How to get yourself cherrypicked
Its simply wonderfull
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The 4th of July
“I’m going to set myself on fire” Her eyes glowed a fierce magenta as she spoke. “I mean it Billy. I’m going to”
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Still thinking about frances
Friendship that surpassess time and place. From Scotland to England from four to fifty-three.
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Writer’s lament
This is the first time I've responded to an inspiration point and my first poem as well. Exciting times!
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Liverpool Street
This is, I guess, a series of surreal, violent and disturbing images, all centred upon Liverpool Street Station.
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Warning
The archaeologist, her hands red with earth, finds our words buried deep within dust and dirt. They have slipped so far into the soil; they are almost archaic.
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David the great leader
He opened there eyes, To a great thing called democracy, Each would have a vote, Even those with eyes blinded shut,
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Explosion in a Sewer
Or with the cracks on the concrete where Rosita's blood s p i l l e d E x p l o d i n g Into a sewer.
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Status
“ Karen Wells has never been happier” 8 people like this. I do not.
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There Ain't Gonna Be No World War Three, Chapter 3
3. The British are Coming "YOU GOT EVERYTHING?" yelled a voice from high above Ant's head. "THINK SO", yelled Ant without checking.
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There Ain't Gonna Be No World War Three, Chapter 2
2. Throwing Stones at Cars "- next you, Anthony - don't crowd him on the board, Jake -"
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There Ain't Gonna Be No World War Three, Chapter 1
1. Kaffee und Kuchen
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The Space Between
The Spaces between us can be vast ones.
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"Long Time No Speak..."
Off he goes again – like a well-worn LP.
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The God Kings
**Previously published on Alien Skin Magazine**
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Food Prep
Mike likes Jeanette, but suffers from the malady of the meek. How do you talk to a girl when you're just the food-preparation guy at the local pizza joint?
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Call of the Beguiled
Cheryl doesn’t do well in social situations. The fourteen year old's best friend is Nicolena, a four-foot, South American tree boa and her parents are getting divorced. What else could go wrong?
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Breakfast
The eggs should be boiled Shells bashed in Yokes exposed to the sun The bread should be A tiger loaf And not toasted There should be No cups of tea...
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The Other
The Other “Tell me about her,” I ask pretending to be more amused than hurt. “She is so much like me,” he sighs, a slight laugh escapes his lips
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End of days 4
The battle begins. Demons and sofas.
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Between Scenes
What happens off stage?
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A Trip to Tanglewood
Marie Augustin, a nurses aide, is blindsided when an elderly client asks the Haitian woman to accompany him on a trip to hear the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform in Tanglewood.
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Valentine’s X’mas Party
Valentine’s X’mas and New Year parties were legendary. Everyone got invited. The invitations will begin several weeks before the day; everyone Valentine met during that time will be invited.
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Shadowless
He knows I want to talk about you - that I've been thinking about you the whole time. He can sense your ghost lying at my side in the grass.
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Adventures in Foam
Disgusting little character piece
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The Cross-eyed Gypsy
A straight-laced ex-nun must decide what to do with a stolen Sony Trinitron TV. The arrival of a Russian Jew in the apartment complex resolves the matter of the ’hot’ TV while ...
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