Cherrypicked stories
A Tale of Two Kingdoms
Once upon a time there were two kingdoms, and each had two castles... A long story, but in four easily digestible parts. See if you can guess the twist in the tale.
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- 1440 reads
Intelligent animals
The pigs are happy and we cannot understand why.
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- 1 comment
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- 1279 reads
The Betrayal
I ring the doorbell and wait. It’s a moment or two before Helen’s voice crackles onto the intercom, croaky, posh. She buzzes me in and I go through to her flat.
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- 2412 reads
The River
At a distance I know it's you, even though the shadows on your face fall differently then last I looked upon them. When times were a solid bright white or dark, was when we were at our best.
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- 756 reads
Wee
On the first page of ‘The Penguin Variations’ a character has a wee. He is trying to help save the world so he doesn’t flush the toilet. I saw this on a programme on tv.
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- 962 reads
End of a Love Affair
How would she survive without him?
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- 1362 reads
Limassol Lions
Beasts in the night... clubs.
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- 1145 reads
OK Alone
Someone invites you, a drink their house for seven and you take it there'll be cocktails, a tray with olives - not your thing but a dip for the pits, Mexican ware.
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- 6776 reads
Farewell, Jonathan.
Jonathan, you have been my mate Ooh, for about 5 minutes now But it is time to part ways, my friend We must be as the proverbial Twilight boats sailing towards A new dawn, the grit of nostalgia
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- 770 reads
6d Dreadfuls (Edit)
things change... and sometimes for the better
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- 3 comments
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- 1379 reads
Welcome to France!
And for the rest of that week, When phones went bleep,
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- 1232 reads
THE DANCE
I see her dance beside the hotel’s swimming pool. A fitness instructor shrieks out commands. A stocky fellow on a rickety stool nurses his whisky and tries to avert his glance.
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- 804 reads
Ayvalik
A Hotel in Turkey wishing for some stars
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- 3 comments
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- 2029 reads
Joshua Tree
A soul on the scales, a crescent moon over the desert, and a grave decision made on the edge of death.
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- 1200 reads
Don't Ask
I once knew a girl who ate cereal with a fork. She said it was to control the Milk Element and I didn’t question her because I’d seen the way she skewered her raisins.
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- 1613 reads
The Modern Way
A GIRL sits at a dressing table looking at herself in the mirror. She is 17 but looks younger. She is small for her age and awkward with enormous eyes that are staring back at her.
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- 864 reads
My Little Eye
It was beginning to heal, but the gash where my eye had been still looked shocking. Clumsy black stitches and swollen clots ballooned in size under my scrutiny.
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- 1765 reads
Fresh tomatoes and bread
An old man receives a surprise visitor with news from his past that makes him reflect on things and changes his life forever
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- 1779 reads