Cherrypicked stories

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Bag Of Snout

Something my old Grandad would say.
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War and Evacuation ( Part 2)

1939 and war is delared. I went to school one day and never went home again. I ended up in the country!
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Old Notes Found

It occurs to you, as you look up at the windows; tired, untidy curtains, too tired to hold in the light, that there are too many people.
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SPEED DATE

The urge to blush his lips...
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The Piano

The entertainment center of the last century.
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The Biscuits in Parliament

A jammy dodger came to power He dazzled us with twinkling eyes And only when the milk turned sour Did we uncover all his lies But how did the dodger get the vote?
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George and Spider Part Eight - The Anniversary

The following week marked the fifteenth anniversary of George's mother Cynthia's death.
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Girl with the Flaxen Hair

She stoops to tend a rose...
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Flat Badger

and I know I’ve just crushed its skull, spread its brains for the happy crows, laid suicide supper for the loveable fox -
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Sisters

‘I am safe with you,’ he said. He put his hand on my knee. I could feel the gun pressing against my bra.
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A Hint of Vapour

like a pole-lamp with curlicue twisting that demands a firm grip
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us, and the stars

are scratches on the night’s skin, cold as blades of grass and wet as lips. They do not change. They move, hung in constellations given sense by the myths we create here,
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Tamarind

they would have all kind of things in there of different shapes and sizes wrapped in golden foils with colorful ribbons,
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Prayer – For a Very Dear Sister - Susan

Allow her troubled limbs a recovery which will astound those who do not believe in the power of prayer, and agree with those who do.
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The Three Treasures of Jeremiah

There was once, a long time ago, a poor peasant lad called Jeremiah Hughes who was very much in love with the beautiful daughter of a rich lord but she would not marry him because he had no money.
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The Prayer Machine

Inspired by Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale'.
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Burnt Coffee

First entry for the comp which did O.k thanks to those that voted for it.
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dog-on

routine old dog story
Story of the week

the only thing worse than leaving

I'm not sure if it works as-written. It may be a bit hard to read, but it's how it came to me and for now it's how it will stay.
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FAT'S QUITE ENOUGH LADIES!

HUNGRY PROTESTORS DESCENDED ON LONDON'S STREETS TODAY armed with crisps, chips and chocolate as part of a campaign against what they describe as social conditioning

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