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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 7.
Chapter Seven. Too Tall. Amanderella arrived at the Library just as Dotty was turning the key in the door. Morning light slanted through the tall...
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The Golden Acorn Chapter 8.
Chapter Eight. On to Wilford. Babbin was not in the inn. “He’s down in the village,” said one of the foresters. “I think he was heading for the...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (28)
Part 27 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-27 Billy had no idea what to do. High above was a witch’s giant face...
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The Less Miserables Lose the Park (2)
That night, Dusty made a list. He sat at his desk, the same desk where he'd made lists for the ramp project and Haley's lunches and all the other...
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The Less Miserables Lose the Park (1)
The chain-link fence went up on a Monday. Dusty stood in the parking lot, watching the construction crew unroll the temporary fencing around the bowl...
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On Sizzling Days (repost from 2013)
Who knows why the bald man Lusteth over the lidless car Only to flaunt, on sizzling days His wrinkly, glistening dome As solar rays propel his heart...
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The Golden Acorn Chapter 7
Chapter Seven. A Beating Heart. The doctor examined Babbin and shook his head. “The heartbeat is very faint. I can give you some medicine that might...
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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 6.
Chapter Six. The Church on the Hill. Amanderella tapped her pencil against the cover. “I think I need to go and look at this ruined church.” “Ivor...
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Coming Home
What do two people owe each other when fate has made their lives impossible to resume?
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Misplaced Person Seeks Pomegranates
I wasn’t happy, so I moved on. Unfortunately not all migrants are as lucky as me.
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The Way We Heard - Dog Days are Over
I should preface this very light piece by saying that I completely misunderstood the brief! Therefore this is one of two stories using the same song - this one, which is ridiculous, and doesn't meet the requirements at all, but which I didn't want to throw away, and a further one to come that I hope wont be.
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Imagine …
Imagine if we couldn’t know the football scores for days and days, or how wars far off cease or grow ‘til someone ride by hazardous ways to file...
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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 5.
Chapter Five. The Library. Breakfast the next morning was so substantial that doing anything afterwards felt wildly ambitious. There were eggs,...
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The Golden Acorn Chapter 6.
Chapter Six. A Missing Knight. Inga and Babbin climbed back onto their cart. “Turn right when you reach the forest road,” Calizone said. “The Palace...
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Bron-56
Continued from Chapter 55: Bron-55 | ABCtales Tommy looked up from his toy truck and bus collection that he’d arranged neatly on the lino of the...
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Transient Debris
1. The first time Mara climbed down into the tunnel, she vomited before she'd gone forty feet. It was the smell that did it — not just sewage, but...
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The Golden Acorn Chapter 5.
Chapter Five. Calizone's Cottage. Inga and Babbin continued along the forest road. The deeper they went, the more the trees leaned over the track,...
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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 4
Chapter Four. Arrival. Pentegfawr was the sort of seaside town that looked as though it had been put together by someone who liked the sea very much...
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The Broken Rose
Lesley will never know the opportunity she missed...
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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 3
Chapter Three. A Train Ride. The two women walked briskly towards the station, Amanderella’s bag bumping against her hip and Dotty trotting to keep...
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