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Priceless
I meet him outside of my usual routine. It is campsite dark, the stars a fish shape across a December sky. It is arctic cold, the sort of cold where...
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Hearthmoss
The clock above the whiteboard had a second hand that stuck on the eleven and jumped two seconds to catch up. Wesley had watched it do that through...
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Boomtown
Podge clutched at the soft fitting on the chair and it helped pull himself upright. Glanced at the pints and tumblers on their table and lifted a...
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Somatic Meditation
13/6/26 Checking in with my body Sorrow. Flood with grief. My breath, the ocean, Shush sad swell Weeping waves, Rise and fall. Helpless sand, Quiet,...
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The Dragons' Lair
Chapter One. Prelude. Today was the greatest celebration the kingdom of Sealand had seen for many a year. It was the Naming Day of the Princess,...
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Amanderella and the Haunted Mill Chapter 1
Chapter1. Solicitors, Sovereigns, and a Steadying Goose The lecture hall still smelled faintly of over-brewed tea, stale biscuits and damp umbrellas...
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Bron-49
Continued from Chapter 49: Bron-48 | ABCtales The sun burst out from behind the grey cloud as the Grace, Bron, Mam, John-John and Sian pushed open...
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§tandby - The Kindness
The cold had got into the carriage and stayed. The bulb in the roof flickered and held. His left side was a cold weight he sat beside. His right hand...
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§tandby - The Thinning
The gray had been going by a long time. He did not know how long. Time was one of the things that had stopped coming when he reached for it. He sat...
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The Beginning Chapter 6
Chapter Six. The Dragon Boxes. “We are happy to have been of help,” said the Fire Demon. “But this part of the world is far too cold for me. I must...
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Amanderella and the Ppockingstull Treasure Chapter 12
Chapter 12. The Twist in the tail. Amanderella didn't move immediately; she stood in the centre of their discovered points, her mind stitching the...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (25)
Part 24 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-24 Winds carrying saltwater sweep in from a brackish Bristol Channel,...
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§tandby - The Stop He Knew
The train went on and he did not count the seats again. He had counted them twice and got two numbers and there was no third number in him to try...
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Tom All Alone 18 (iii)
Mum came to collect Tom on Sunday afternoon. He was watching from the living room window and saw her coming down the road, waving when she spotted...
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§tandby - The Carriage
The gray pressed at the window and did not change. The floor shuddered under his slippers with the weight of the train, and still the gray outside...
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A Day Out With Dad
Toby asked his dad if he could go with him in the van.....
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Spacecraft Earth!
We're riding in the universe upon our Spacecraft Earth, by …
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Amanderella and the Ppockingstull Treasure Chapter 11
Chapter 11. The Final Clue. "We must find the 'river that runs without water' first." Said Amanderella. "A ha-ha!" Maudline exclaimed, then...
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The Beginning Chapter 5
Chapter Five. Hate and Fear. Eldest paused. “I don’t know about you humans, but I could do with a drink. My throat is getting very dry.” Princess...
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§tandby - The Light
The lights went at twenty to seven, the same as the night before and the night before that, and Margaret had the candles up before the picture had...
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