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The Lot
The shift ended at seven and the bay door came down behind me unhurried, like nothing was waiting on the other side. I sat in the truck. The radio...
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The Residue
I. The dialysis patient weighs ninety-one pounds. Dan slides one hand under her shoulder blade and the other behind her knees and counts to three out...
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Parting Gift (Parts 1+ 2)
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Bron-41
Continued from Chapter 40: Bron-40 | ABCtales “Well, you’re in the right place if you want to hear Welsh spoken,” Bron said to Grace. They were in...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Moor Chap.3
Chapter 3. Cudwick-under-the-Moors. Cudwick‑under‑the‑Moors appeared suddenly, as though the countryside had grown tired of being empty and decided...
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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 8
She stepped out of the grass. “Could you see me?” she asked. “No,” said Gary. “Not at all,” said Glen. “Not a flicker,” said Glenda. “You try it,...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Moor Chap.2
Chapter 2. A mystery unfolds. The parlour was spotless. Not merely tidy, but arranged with the precision of a woman who believed that furniture had...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Moor Chap.1
Chapter 1 A Disturbing Message. Lady Amanderella Gottsnobbler carefully packed her box of magic lantern slides and her lecture notes away and...
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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 7 part 2
The Wendling went on until very late, so it was mid-morning the next day when Glenda woke up. She had a good breakfast. “There must be a way to...
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Stay
The dog came back without the boy. She came up the road we never take. The fence-line dogs did not bark for her. They have always known her. Her...
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Hard Time Killing Floor - Part Three: The First Figure
In the summer of 1964, three young men drove south from Washington, D.C., in a Volkswagen, looking for a man who might have been dead. John Fahey was...
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Watching You, Chapters Forty-One and Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-One McCain seethed, but through his heightened temper, like a cloud dissolving, he’d realised the bitch couldn’t have met Withers. That...
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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 7 part 1
Chapter 7 Glenda the Wendle meets Walter Wendle Glenda the Wendle didn’t sleep well. She had a strange dream about a wulluf chasing her through Feggy...
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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 6 part 2
“I thought I knew all the creatures in these woods,” Glenda said. “But I have met a lot of new ones. I have met Grizzlers, Schneewhompers and Bob the...
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Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 16
Chapter 16. Home Journey. The humming of the fruit vibrated faintly through the bundle. “Do stop that,” she murmured. “People will think I’m carrying...
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House Of Fun: May-June 1982
The summer began with a strange mixture of sunshine and unease. The Falklands war filled every front page, while the television showed grainy footage...
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Bron-40
Continued from Chapter 39: Bron-39 | ABCtales “Might I ask, what exactly are you looking for, Mr Barnes?” said Mary Hinds, more than a little...
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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 6 part 1
Chapter 6. Glenda The Wendle Meets Gladys. Glenda had spent most of the cold winter months fast asleep. Glenda awoke on the first warm day of spring...
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Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 15
Chapter 15. A wandering carnivorous tree. Amanderella stood and watched the reeds where Dr Wickslate had disappeared until it was clear that he had...
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Where Thoughts Take Me
Whispering to where the sun rises, how I wasn't sleeping so well...with my imagination spinning a web of metaphors that flew in on a breeze through...
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