Cherrypicked stories
The Blue World
They've arrived and spotted a Blue Planet. Looks like a nice place to stay.
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- 414 reads
L'eta
An aging opera singer contemplates her rival...
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- 2712 reads
British Railing
A trip down to London by train can't be that eventful, can it?
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- 1583 reads
Oh Lord - a country blues song
Oh Lord Oh Lord won’t you save me from going insane I’ve just lost my wife and I’ve just missed a train Oh lord won’t you tell me what is my name
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- 1302 reads
The last visit and conversion…
Here lies, My grandmother… A week from: death. The archetypal grandmother Of all nursery cries Made that much, better. Here lies, My grandmother… In that week of heinous—lies,
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- 1493 reads
Zoya
In a bare, cold room, a child rocks to and fro...
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- 2492 reads
LONG...LONG AGO poem
Through his room window, an aged man smiles from the Old Folks Home
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A Field Guide to Modern Warfare
200 words.
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- 3815 reads
In Memoriam: Marek Edelman
He has known the darkest heart, watched the cruellest incision. Edelman examines the donor organ, considers the watchtower guard who observed the children of the ghetto. The fissures
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- 995 reads
Wasp
Jay said he’d killed the wasp.
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- 1123 reads
A Journey Through Change
Seven months ago the company I worked for folded and I lost my Job. I can now say it was the best thing that ever happened to me
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- 510 reads
The Noble Art
Here's a boxing match as they used to be fought. Bare-knuckle, full contact and to a brutal finish.
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- 665 reads
bottled
Here, swilled within the cracks that you made Other couples seem warped; Green Bunnies on strings, a candyfloss lie Revolving door sins, forget me not eyes Distant smiles, eyelashes,
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- 2042 reads
Stroud
Boredom in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Overly sensitive ovums and stupidly naive donors.
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- 420 reads
Saturday Night's Alright...
I.P. A story in 200 words
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Chapter Sixteen: White Underpants & A Frenzied Dancing Orgy
Kate's one night stands come back to haunt her and she realises she can't switch off her emotions just like that. Then George goes missing again. Is he gone for good?
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- 5131 reads
Situation Vacant
Madam Montoya's last spirit guide has given up the ghost and now the situation is waiting to be filled. The sooner the better, according to Justin, whose having to temp it for a bit...
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- 757 reads
The Silent Treatment
IPOW 9/10/2009 200 words
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When you were talking about your mum
I really wanted to ask 'how old were you when ...'
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Those Moments.
He nursed his father in the final years of the man’s life, so why can’t he mourn at his father’s funeral?
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- 1881 reads