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The Patrolman - 29

It was six o'clock when he got back to his apartment.
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Snake Eyes May Cry

Ninety days ago, I had a future. I followed their rules, served their kingdom, settled their invoices. I volunteered in their office, signed the...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 33

Alan wakes up. He’s missed the best part, which I think is ungrateful of him. I need to poke him, or worse, but I don’t want him to leave me again...
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Story of the week

Ghigau 4

“Aidan Hulme?” Lenny looked aghast. “He’s an effing corporate pirate. I’m greener than Aidan Hulme! Did you know about this Jake?” “Of course not!”...
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Jasmine Tea

The call came early on a Saturday. My sister. Panicked. She’d rung our mother and found her breathless, confused, whispering in a voice that no...
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To Tell You The Truth — Part 2/2

The next week, you leave the TV on for background noise and sit at the kitchen table, waiting. She’s late. You tell yourself it’s just traffic. Or...
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To Tell You The Truth — Part 1/2

You were somebody once. Awards, panels. Interviews that felt more like coronations. You told other people’s life stories better than they could...
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Dawn Waits for No Man

This is my latest work. I had some issues with the "Chorus," which I think might be a bit better in this written version. I've always panicked faster...
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Whatever the weather …

Whether the weather suit you, or whether the weather suit me, whatever the weather we’ll weather the weather together … some blether and blather,...
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Cherry

Let Me Go Back

Dear diary...it's June 24 th 2025. Glastonbury festival has now arrived, surrounded by faces immersed in music. I fix eyes on knowledge of past,...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 32

I am filled with hatred. But today it gives me clarity. He chokes, and I watch him die. He fights it. This man wants to live when he has nothing left...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (1)

Night sounds permeate woods, a nocturnal topography spot-lit silver by a diaphanous moon. Cumulus clouds drift silently, pregnant with seasonal...
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Alien Species in the Garden Centre

I'm never sure if I'm in a goldfish bowl looking out, or if the world is a goldfish bowl and I'm looking in. The usual answer is both or either...
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Party Fashions

My father had a gift for humour—sharp, innuendo-laced, and often just a little too pleased with itself. He came from a decent family, trained as a...
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Cherry

Dead Man: 6 (ii)

John thought back to that moment. It was the Christmas holidays, and he'd got a temporary job, helping out in the stock basement at a department...
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Dead Man: 6 (i)

John discovers that he isn't alone after all... John opened his mouth to answer, but there was nothing. Instead he just sat there, gaping at this new...
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throwing bricks

If words were bricks, there's no building can hold my feelings, make today's News watertight so tears cannot get in; I'd hurl these at you Murderer!...
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Ghigau 2.

Lenny’s forty-five minute walk to work, down leafy avenues and across the park, was a pleasant one. It was already very warm and the morning air was...
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Ghigau 1.

One year later, near Primrose Hill, London. It was the beginning of a new week. London’s skyline glittered expensively, silhouetted against the...

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