Cherrypicked stories
On The Run
He awoke, crossed the floor and looked down into the street. They were still there. They’d been there all night watching and waiting from the blue...
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Killing Caprice
I was the third least popular kid in the entire fifth grade. My ill-fitting clothes were dated and off-brand, my shoes generic and squalid, and I ate...
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Vancouver- City of adventurers Ch. # XXIII. The Family Dinner
Vancouver- Chapter # XXIII The Family Dinner It was Sunday morning in the third week of December. Temperatures were cooling fast, though no snow or...
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Shelved (Episode 6 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))
In which Aefelthrith tries to get to grips with the business and Gwlady tries to get to grips with the former owner.
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When Life Gives You Flags
Part Four of the Flour of Sri Lanka series. Kavinda’s proudest moment.
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How can I ever change things?
The President sits down at the table. The bodyguards look at each other in surprise but immediately position themselves strategically. It is their...
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Montescu
In the following weeks, the Berrills got their place in a liveable state again, with some help from myself, and from Risteárd. Through good fortune,...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 6.
Nash didn’t believe in ghosts until his good friend Max died—and then came back to torment him. He believed in patterns. And sometimes, a pattern had...
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Parcel for You - Part 58
The following morning, Spencer woke up alone and found himself aggrieved by the sight of Cedric vacuuming the stairs again. He pushed past him...
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Corgi Registered
We only cheated a little bit and nobody ever found out, so we got away with it. We were on a twenty mile hike across Kinder Scout and the Derbyshire...
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English Elm
Inspired by Jenny Skinner's wonderful Mighty Oak poem -- we cannnot forget those beautiful Elms
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Bleeding
She stood, arms bleeding in the middle of the road Yet as we drew near, she ran In the dark of 2 am, I chased her orange streetlight shadow She was...
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The Patrolman - 18
She used Brenda's phone to get a ride to Good Samaritan.
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Rupees Appease
Part Three of the Flour of Sri Lanka series. Kavinda counts his cash.
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Vancouver Ch. # XXII- part II
“The Hudson Bay Store is delivering a load of sand and dirt today,” said Jim “They will also have a few more bags of mortar mix and lime for us. I...
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Vancouver Ch. # XXII- part I
Vancouver- City of Adventurers Chapter # XXII Opening the Yard- Yukon gold rush It was mid-December and the temperatures were starting to cool. Jim...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 5
I am filled with hatred. And the pulsing itch of inevitability crawls under my skin. It starts before I reach the airport, before I’ve even zipped my...
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American Pie
American Pie (Edited Version) Jennifer Pickup, 17.04.2025 Four decades plus since I first heard those piano chords behind the opening words, and that...
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New Directions (35)
Seven minutes after the appointed hour a green German made van pulled up next to my car. Tasteful lettering in mid-blue announced it worked for EV...
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