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Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 1

By Eric Marsh on Sun, 03 May 2026

Chapter 1. The Lady Comes Home. The SS Pedal Power came chuffing into the docks with all the dignity a steam‑driven vessel could muster. A harbour...

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Hard Time Killing Floor - Part One: The Auction

By SoulFire77 on Sun, 03 May 2026

Skip James was sixty-seven when he died. The cause was cancer, but the body had been failing for years before that — diabetes, blood pressure, the...

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J C. Jones VII - the Legend Returns

By hudsonmoon on Sat, 02 May 2026

“Good morning. Welcome back to my podcast. Has it really been ten months? Seems like only yesterday that I was in the Awful Office having fire spit...

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"Hey Joe!"

By Lille Dante on Sat, 02 May 2026

Frankie Laine: 23 rd October to 5 th November 1953

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Bron-36

By Ivan the OK-ish on Sat, 02 May 2026

Continued from Chapter 35: Bron-35 | ABCtales Mary Hinds grunted as she replaced the receiver on the care home phone. It had taken a good half hour...

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The Amazing Adventure of Amanderella Gottsnobbler Chapter 15

By Eric Marsh on Sat, 02 May 2026

Chapter 15 : Home. The jungle rustled, the river shimmered. Amanderella said nothing, only tightened her knapsack straps. She had her own secrets now...

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"Look At That Girl"

By Lille Dante on Fri, 01 May 2026

Guy Mitchell: 11 th September to 22 nd October 1953

Historical Fiction

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Picnic

By Pingles on Fri, 01 May 2026

Between stone lips I’ll slip this knife To shuck the oyster. I’ll serve it on ice, With rice wine and vinegar, For the frown in your eyes. As it...

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My Dead Grandmother

By Mark Say on Fri, 01 May 2026

I knew that my late father had created an AI version of his mother

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The Amazing Adventure of Amanderella Gottsnobbler Chapter 14

By Eric Marsh on Fri, 01 May 2026

Chapter 14: Cookery lessons and Lectures. Next morning Amanderella told the explorers that she had finally managed to find and sketch the fabled...

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A Bottled Instant

By Lore on Thu, 30 Apr 2026

Art can exist in a vacuum but artists struggle to breathe in them. Art is temporary, fleeting, at least it is in the moment; inspiration flickers,...

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The Amazing Adventure of Amanderella Gottsnobbler Chapter 13

By Eric Marsh on Thu, 30 Apr 2026

Chapter 13: From Despair to ? Each day Amanderella set off into the jungle. She spent her days searching, finding only disappointment: parrots,...

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The Less Miserables Lose a Friend (3)

By SoulFire77 on Thu, 30 Apr 2026

Christmas Day, Wesley stayed at Dusty's house. He didn't want to at first. Had tried to leave that morning, mumbling something about not wanting to...

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The Less Miserables Lose a Friend (2)

By SoulFire77 on Thu, 30 Apr 2026

On Christmas Eve, the something that changed was the temperature. The radio had warned about it—winter storm coming, temperatures dropping into the...

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