Cherrypicked stories
Eight Foot Blue - 3
“It’s simple,” she said. “You’ll have to catch the shark yourself.”
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The Moving Pavilion
Trouble in store..............
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Bridge 2
Chapter One continues...
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The Core
Along with Glaciation, part of a ten-poem sequence
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Destiny Calling
It could happen to you...
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Davey Mercator's Incident
Davey Mercator watched a kid fall down from a second-storey window.
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Simply Summer
These lazy summer afternoons When time drifts by like a leaf in a stream No direction No aim Just going with the flow Free The warm gentle breezes Scenting the air with freshly cut grass
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Glaciation
The clouds of this starless night cloak thought, Obscure the tread of tireless pacing among dreams, In the sun of meagre spacing, of buildings Traced against the skyline, the mind reaches
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Impressions of South Korea: Work Ethic 1
"Whatever does not kill you makes you stronger." Nietzsche "You do not know what is enough until you know what is more than enough." Nietzsche (approximate quote)
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As good as it gets
love is as good as it gets
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It's All In The Mind
MW119 was developed as a chemical "cure" for the worst criminals, but are the results as perfect as they say?
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Clowning Around
Everyone loves a circus. Just realised this could serve as a response to the Cooperation IP although I've been working on it for a while.
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It's all at the...
IP 15/05/09
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Co-operation I.P.
This piece inspired by a chap I met in a nursing home (where my wife works). He was involved in a traffic accident that killed his only child/son on his 21st birthday..
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Matty - Part 7
Recap: David Lord has gone sailing with his daughter, leaving Philippa at home.
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CONFESSIONS OF A STROKE VICTIM non-fiction
As part of my stroke recovery plan, I find it necessary to follow a daily regimen by occupying my mind, and at the same time assist my body to a more complete recovery.
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The Point
We’ll begin this time with the atmosphere—I am too tired to consider the vastness beyond. But you say no , you are not pointing at that.
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At the End (The Poet’s Muse Rehearses for Their Final Parting)
An old one reworked, on being reminded of endings.
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Muhammad Dali
Bagatelle... Or not?
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Windows of Madness (part 7)
At last, Steven manages a few hours away from the unit, only to find that the outside world looks all too familiar. It's make or break with Kate...
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