Cherrypicked stories
What Goes Around (Part One)
‘So, dae ye think he owed them money or somethin like that? Ah mean, c**ts don’t just fling c**ts aff ay buildins fur nuttin, know whit ah’m sayin?’...
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You are not your illness.
The girls left a heady brew of perfume behind. I poured Etian some water and he was well enough to sit up in bed and sip it. He began coughing and...
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Different frogs.
Today a colleague chose to trust me with some troubling information. “Can I talk with you?” he said to me this morning by the coffee machne. We were...
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One in a Minion: Chapter Two - Mission Implausible (Part One)
Reupload of my Camp NaNoWriMo 2021 novel. A kind-hearted member of the "blue rinse brigade", Ms. Murphy, visits her local library to break some bad news to a staff member. But what exactly is this little old lady pulling along in her trolley bag? [Image from Wikimedia Commons - in public domain]
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A Carnival
"Weeell... Ah ain't never seen such a bunch a' hucksters, flim-flam artists, 3-card monte, double dealing scoundrels in ma life" A visitor to our own very special Carnival in the Palace of Westminster. Image: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
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tall storey
Once upon a time, a family was looking for somewhere to settle, came upon a piece of land and decided to build where the sun always shone and the...
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Feelings
I am a feeling and there is no time. There is only space. Or there is just time and no space. I am fighting it out with all these other feelings but...
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Robert Fergusson
b. 1750 — d. 1774 The gold solder of a two-day opium come down leaks through the lattice of your thoughts as you lay buckled in the dung-leavened...
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"Willow's Tail" 22
Perfidia walked over and looked at the card with her name on it sitting by Gloria’s entry. “Did you switch them?” she asked Gloria, but not with...
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Halloween
The trick or treaters are singing Christmas songs. 'It saves us from coming round twice,' the tallest of them explains, wearing a Santa hat and a...
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Cometh the Hour
At ten o'clock, promptly...
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Maria and the Bellasis family 11
Mother Francis and I continued with our Sunday sessions, but both of us felt the strain it was having, so I asked her if we could skip to the bit...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 22
Chapter 15. The first thing I saw on opening the door of my flat was Russell dressed as Batman. He had on the full outfit, shiny leather boots, fully...
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The Corrupted Voice
Image: by the author
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(This Life) Part 1: Dog Treats
Contemplations ....
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Cancer ward
‘I’ll be back for lunch,’ I sat on the side of his bed and squeezed his hand—‘someone’s got to make sure you eat something.’ The two policemen...
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Queen City of the Lakes
During the shipping season, at the Erie Basin Marina on Buffalo’s waterfront, you can often watch the massive bulk of a lake freighter glide by the...
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One in a Minion: Chapter One - The Daily Grind (Part Two)
Reupload of my Camp NaNoWriMo 2021 novel. A minion commander feels the pressure when she has to give her weekly presentation to her master and aspiring evil overlord, The Great One. [Image from Wikimedia Commons - in public domain]
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One in a Minion: Prologue - A City in Peril
Reupload of my Camp NaNoWriMo 2021 novel - a sci-fi comedy revolving around the life of a supervilliain's minion. When a big city faces a catastrophic canine threat, it's up to Captain Perfect and Brilliant Boy to save the day. But things are not quite as they seem... [Image from Wikimedia Commons - in public domain]
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El Día de Todos los Santos*
Boring travel writing, nothing to see here. Image is from Google Maps via Picasa. No known copyright issues.
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