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The rise and fall of Twilight shift controller
Local ambition
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Come back later
Ever thought of something clever to say 10 seconds too late?
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Inquisition
Inquisition There is often a wish to throw women to the Inquisition curves are blamed for an inconvenient itch an uncomfortable envious swelling of a myth
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning--Chapter Four: Big Little Man
When Martyn was a child of eight or nine he used to have a recurring dream where he'd be sitting in his primary school classroom dressed in nothing but a pair of baggy grey Y-fronts.
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Why did you speak in that stupid voice?
I heard you: You were all grey And buttoned Ready for business And those consonants Clagged in your mouth Like seeded fruits. Who are you to speak Of board meetings And colloquia?
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Chapter Two: The Dark Horse
“Maman?” Margarita called; their mother had stopped screaming. “Maman!”
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Harboil: Part V
The thing is: plans describe events that will not happen.
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Wrecking Ball
watching blocks of flats around us collapse
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Leading the board
Few places could steal your dignity like an office. Its set hours. Clean desk policies. Endless meetings. Health and safety.
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Chapter One: 1722
“Seabirds don’t have black flags,” Margarita replied matter-of-factly.
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Penzance
The narrator is in Exeter Bus station waiting for 2 road buddies to return... Penzance Penance Pen, can, pan, nape, cape, pane, cane. An A. Words I can get out of Penzance.
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Last Place in the Labour Party Treasure Hunt
During my time in the Labour Party, in the 1990s, there were plenty of people opposed to its rebranding. But there were also plenty of new people joining all the time.
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Laundry woman
a snapshot of my day.
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Two Pauls and a John
Sounds of the seventies
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THE GREEN DOOR.
So how did she open the GREEN DOOR?
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What Chance Have We Got?
I pass the Grief Benches on my way to work. No one is on them today. Last night I saw a couple there, him wet eyed and her with her head down.
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The Auditors
Sexual Obsession. Kirsch can't get enough of Sally, but he has to be objective, he has a job to do.
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Ordering Room Service
helping an amputee cut up his food
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Review #3: “Gretel’s Biscuits” by Spack
Pointless tone-setting asides, like so, mark Spack out as a writer convinced of his own charisma.
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