Cherrypicked stories

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Rainbow Fade

My mother told me over toast it was the first news for years i acted all nonchalant but really melted like butter how time can ache us my debut girl...
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Lithium Rose

This drug she has to take to make things better it creeps through blood to her mind a fizzing sherbet tablet trying to erase yesterday but she...
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Hansel &; Gretel

A cutting investigative story of what really happened with Hansel, Gretel and the wicked witch. Was her house really made out of sweets? Some people have doubted those claims, but now the truth is finally revealed.
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Beloved

Since the air today has been cold, the tiled floor radiates chill. I remember blue warmth rustling in this silent space. I doubt that the steps you made across this cool floor remain. I would collect your imprints.
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Swallow

Swallow The tale that I will endeavour to relate to you took place one day in very late summer somewhere in England's middle lands. It was a day in...
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Freedom fighters

you know what you can do with your chi&;#063;
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Looking for a Mr Nice-Guy (Timeslots)

Slightly different version of this story, the ending has been modified slightly.
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Bedsheets

cheating
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The Gourmet Nail Biter

Ever since I was a child, I have bitten my nails. This seemed to be an obsessive exercise for me, one that took place almost every hour of every day...
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The Winding Key

Horror story, tongue ever so slightly in cheek.
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A Conversation with Karim

On men, women and traffic lights.
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A Brave Face

For Mariam, who let me hug her on the balcony.
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Plain Princess

An authors tale of his craft.
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Chat

Why not join a chatroom. You might find someone to die for...
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Special Brew

An old man returns to the village of his childhood, where he finds that some things never change.
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BackStreet

Childrens poem
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I owned a bird

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Moon Rock

Based on the Japanese Tanka form, this poem was written in January after a visit to the Kennedy Space Centre.
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The Ice Game

A Winter's Tale Competition entry

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