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Along time ago
‘…I’m going to make a quilt, before the winter sets in, we’ll both snuggle up and hibernate…’ she said a long time ago. It was a cold October morning...
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The Beginning Chapter 4
Chapter Four. Dragon Rampage. Calizone frowned. “If you dragons only came into the world at that time, how do you know what happened before it? You’...
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Amanderella and the Ppockingstull Treasure Chapter 10
Chapter 10. Clue Two. Amanderella took the copper token from her satchel and held it up to the light one last time. Then she knelt on the grass,...
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Bron-48
Continued from Chapter 47: Bron-47 | ABCtales “You won’t get in trouble for this, Vicar?” said Bron. Reverend Gwynfor Evans lay back further in the...
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Heel - § 4: The Noticing
The church supper was over and the men had gone out to the lot to stand around the cars, and the kitchen behind them was close with steam and loud...
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Tom All Alone 18 (ii)
They sat down to dinner that night in Auntie Pat and Uncle George's kitchen. It was brighter than their kitchen at home. They had the long tube...
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Tom All Alone 18 (i)
The peace at home never lasted long, though. Quite often now, it seemed, Tom would wake up to hear something going on upstairs - loud voices, crying...
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The Beginning Chapter 3
Chapter Three. The Birth of the Dragons. Alphaz could not spend all her days sitting beside the hole. The people of the Forest soon learned to treat...
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Amanderella and the Ppockingstull Treasure Chapter 9
Chapter 9. Examining the Map. Maudline led Amanderella along a series of dusty passages that twisted and turned like a maze designed by someone who...
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30th July 1966
A tale based around a real event on a day when other things were happening.
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Heel - § 3: The Act
Arlene's kitchen was yellow and had been yellow as long as Lorraine had been coming to it, a soft butter color on the walls and a deeper one in the...
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Manners
We're having a party. It's David's birthday. I watch him circulating with a bottle of wine, topping up glasses. People smile at him and nod or say '...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (24)
Part 23 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-23 THE PROPHESY Avian sounds echoed from a pallid sky, geese in...
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1992 - An eventful year (I.P.)
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Torment
Dear diary... Dealing with hostility, constant blight that feeds off me – so evasive still waiting for evaluation, when will answers be given?...
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The Beginning Chapter 2
Chapter Two. A Dragon’s Tale. They sat in silence for five minutes before Das swooped down beside them. “Calizone is on her way,” he announced. “She...
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Amanderella and the Ppockingstull Treasure Chapter 8
Chapter 8. Sillingwold Lodge. The ride to Sillingwold Lodge took them through twisting lanes, past hedgerows that leaned in as though trying to...
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Heel - § 2: The Removal
The dog was at the screen door before she was up, faced out at the street, and the rag rug under him was cold where it should have been warm with the...
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Mo rún
My mammy had unrealistic hopes for me, she seriously thought I was going to join a convent and become a nun and live in Londonderry for the rest of...
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The Beginning Chapter 1
The Beginning. Chapter One. A Visitation of Dragons. Princess Jasmine’s Coming Out Ball had been a great success. True to her promise, she saved a...
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