Cherrypicked stories
Ghigau 9 part 1
DS Sam Tate climbed the four steps that took her to the Talbot’s porch and stood before the maroon, panelled door, wishing she had worn less clothing...
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You are
Even though the only sound you hear is a melody of birds; the ratata of a distant woodpecker. Even though the coffee carried in plumes that play in...
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Hollyhock Tears Or Whispers Of Gods.
This poem is based on a Greek tale. When rain came and flowers grew, Pieuronian princess wept for her son, glazed eyes weakened by distress at what...
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The Vale - Part 3
Lori’s mother, Linda, is just leaving when I return to the cave. She is a lovely woman, warm, level-headed, unassuming and ever mindful of being in...
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Hear the children cryin'
Some mornings I wake from dreams that don’t announce themselves as dreams. They slip into the day like breath into fog. One in particular lingered...
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You are surprised as a published writer…
You are surprised, as a published author, by how many people have not read your book. You board a train, you look at all the faces as you walk down...
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The Vale - Part 1 (d)
I lie in bed staring at the patterns on the ceiling, the trees twitching in the wind casting shadows of branches like veins inside a lung, pulsing...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (4)
Part three at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-3 To the east of Brean Down, dawn brings an orange ball of candescent...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 42
If he could keep him talking, maybe he could buy some time. Even now, Travis’ ego was overwhelming, and he needed him to see that Nash hadn’t given...
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The Trip To Spain
I never knew my dad. He left Mum and me when I was just a year old. Mum never spoke of him, and so neither did I. A mate of mine once asked me, “Don’...
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"Art of Trouble" 2
24 hours earlier Jade was critiquing her outfit choice in her mirror, not sure if it did anything for her, and was about to change when her cell...
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Xion Island Zero Chapter 40 and 41
Chapter 40 I am filled with hatred. I am done! Chapter 41 The room pulsed with heat, making Nash’s head spin. He was drowning in the stink of sweat...
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Homage
Homage … a warm velvet morning, over silver spun sand, the seashore in sight… The lighthouse blinks a warm welcome and the foghorn booms out a salute...
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Butterfly in a Storm
The wind stripped the petals of dandelions The rain poured from a burst cloud The branches on trees were wrestling each other Leaves were flying to...
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When I searched for you
When I searched for you If I used the forbidden eye to bring back the old wooden bridge over the slow streaming brook, the gnarled carvings of names...
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Put Out Fewer Flags
All too obvious, no doubt, but here it is anyway.
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Chronicles of Trumpenstein : The Dumbed Down Day of Trump (and Elon!) Has Arrived! by Alfred N.Muggins
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19/4/25 (16/5/25) The Day of Trump (and Elon!) has long been awaited according to the popular culture of recent decades! Society was waiting until it...
harmers 2
She dabbed the scab at her wrist shaped like a keyhole. Picking at it. Although she knew she shouldn’t. Dr Malik was on the phone. Always on the...
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wonkness test
Mussolini, Mein Kampf and our British Empire’s ideology Our struggle, not only on land and sea Our struggle to define ‘we’ Was never wonk work...
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The Turd Age of Humankind
Oh my word! The unrelenting turd. Any watching god, would give us the bird. Positive proof of a glorified herd. Buried alive in our own foul curd. A...
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