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The Iceberg of Knowledge
We take things for granted rather too much perhaps. Do we really know what makes the world tick, or do we just think so? Here are a few problems to...
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Chapter 1: Zoe
The waiting room at The Royal London Emergency Department was a brightly lit, chaotic place. Harsh fluorescent lights overhead, casting multiple...
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"Unwanted Magic" 8
Fairy Lytes giggled a sound like hail hitting stone and said, “The bargain is this Flint; you will find one specific pirate and retrieve something he...
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LOOKS MATTER
LOOKS MATTER During the college days it was customary to sit and laugh a lot ( lol) to our heart’s content . The discussion obviously centered on all...
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Mother Of Sight
Mother Of Sight By Paul McCann Mother of sight open the eyes of justice and bring the guilty out from where they hide. Mother of sight when darkness...
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The Hidden World Of Antara
The Hidden World Of Antara By Paul McCann In a cave on a quiet mountain there lived a hermit called Esram who had lived there for several years . He...
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The Kingdom of heaven
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] The King had come, His Kingdom was at hand. The access-sacrifice was planned. *So Satan tried to scupper,...
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They Were Only Children
Emptiness
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Summer's Goodbye
The setting sun, an orange-tinted breeze. From trees once green fall yellow colored leaves. The beauty of summer now becomes fall. Just seasons that...
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LIPS.
I have a friend who does lots of body things like massages, fat removers. Her customers always feel fabulous after a session with her. Each week, she...
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Water.
A close relative last week, suddenly had very bad toothache. He wanted his tooth to be taken out. I rang his dentist, and was told, “The last time he...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Facing up
Another extract from my memoir of my time as mum's full-time carer at the end of her life. Although mum had recovered from her kidney injury, her...
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Gable
When he left us, he left us too soon. He starred in 13 episodes of "Tycoon". It was a day that all of his fans were sure to hate. Christopher left us...
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Definitely Maybe.
Heard some very good news this week. I was later at work in the office with my manager and his manager. I said to my manager, “Oasis is getting back...
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Our ways to be free
We know for sure that one of them will drop dead. And not just plain dead. No, the body will be shattered, broken, in pieces. What an ending that...
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The Moon is a Red Sliver
The moon is a red sliver, though it may not always be, I can't help thinking "It's thinner, Its red beauty harder to see." The moon is a red sliver...
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Forest in the Brain
I need something for the shade Where it’s deeper, colder I’m not expecting flowers A pair of leaves, a small sign But nothing grows here Beneath this...
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1:5:5 Forgotten (Part 2)
Lore looked around the stillness, their head pounding. At first, it was as they expected but a second look confused them. The box ahead of them had...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Respite
A few years back, I posted some extracts on ABC of a memoir I'd written just after my mother had passed away. It was about the final seven months we'...
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A Sea Poem
Oceans of feelings They come and go Ebb and wane With the tidal flow A listening heart Responds aloud To the repeated sounds Of crashing waves Huge,...
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