Cherrypicked stories
The Five Elephants Problem
I was woken at 6.30 a.m. by a hammering on my back door. I dressed quickly and shouted for Alun to come in.
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Confessions of a Schizophrenic
Don't stop at that red light. Walk into the street right now, in front of that speeding car. I dare you.
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- 506 reads
Owl And Pussycat
"Right now we've got four pounds thirty six pence between us and utter destitution, and it's a fortnight until pay day. What are we gonna do, Owl?”
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The Muse of Houston Street - Part 2
This ends the two part fantasy. Backhouse sees the light ... a little late as usual. I was tickled pink to see the cherries for part one.
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Lonie 78
end and justice of sorts.
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The Becoming of the Bell
The Amatola’s loss was Cromarty’s gain. The belle of Spanish shipbuilding beached, Grievously wounded in her side; Unable to resist the fierce allure of the rocks,
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Healing (Part Eight)
I was still shaking a week later, not because I had committed another killing but because it was such a horrific one.
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'In the living years' .. Paul Carrack
Have a word with yourself ..
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EarthAirFireWaterEther
Dawn breaks in this small town where it drizzles
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Bow. 1998
Sixteen years old and the face of Audrey Hepburn.
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The Muse of Houston Street Part 1
I wrote this originally in one part. It was obviously much too long for an "internet" short story ... practically a 'novella.' So here it is streamlined and split into two easily digestible parts.
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Odette, c’est ma billet doux...
Odette, c’est ma billet doux, to a girl I once knew when my world was as far as I could see, and love wasn’t clutched between the claws of a Dove its wings clipped
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Faith apart
words on a screen
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George and Spider Part Seven - Spider's Story
'Yes, I want to meet this friend of yours George!' said Winky as he squeezed his broad frame into a long black coat.
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Healing (Part Seven)
I spoke to a few people in the know, and before long I had a whole new identity sorted out.
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Healing (Part Six)
I suffered a further several months of ups and downs after my glorious rebirth before I started to obsess about wreaking revenge.
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Coming home
It's alright now He's in your arms He's in your arms and he's beautiful He's coming home Seemingly so fragile But he's really oh so strong Nothing could prepare you
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