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Chapter 10: The Discovery
The discovery of Elena’s body unfolded in the cold, heart-wrenching way that only tragedy can. Yannis had been one of the first to join the search, a...
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Taking Care 3 (ii)
By eleven, I'd only managed to get through three folders. It was a massive amount of information to take in. I'd written down things like cerebral...
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Taking Care 3 (i)
Day One at Remus Lodge - my first day of working in care... I knocked at the front door and Malcolm answered. Instead of inviting me in, he stepped...
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Windows
Looking out To sea or to see Traffic jams Choking us all In between cursing everything Maybe it’s just me Scanning for light In a heavy world Where...
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Riding The Buses To Town
Riding On The Buses By Paul McCann I used to wait for bus to go into the centre of Belfast , or downtown as we would say back in the day before the...
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Rabs Remedy
Rab’s Remedy By Paul McCann Rab had been struggling financially for many years before he got the break in the art world that changed his life . Now...
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A Job For Phil
A Job For Phil By Paul McCann Every Friday evening my good friend Gerard Steward and I swapped the marvel comic books we had read for some new ones...
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GULP!
I worked at a different site this week. And because I worked at a different site, when I finished work I always go to this different supermarket,...
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WHY??? Part Two.
A hard working up standing member of the community! In good health, out walking his dog, he was funny, he was active. He adored his grandkids; his...
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The earth moves on …
The summer is ending, the berries swell …
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WHY??? Part One.
Sad all round. They were arguing over land. She had just done her country proud. He went and got petrol and poured it over her and set her alight!...
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Test # 1
Here is a hypothetical newspaper headline with one word missing. Please insert into the blank space whichever of the words you are happiest with. '...
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Contemplating Crows
Cautious crows with attentive eager eyes, I wonder! Do they engage in wistful reverie as I do; chance to daydream on what might be? Majestically they...
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Chapter 9: Zeus
Niko, desperate to relive the euphoria he had felt during the festival, had secretly put the potent bottle of Kykeon in his rucksack. As the day wore...
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Chapter 8: Kykeon
The festival had begun with a solemn procession to a small local chapel, a scene of profound beauty as the villagers made their way through the...
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A Melody So Plain
A Melody So Plain All the young boys and girls wish to share the same sex and are cocking a snook at The Daily Express. Each generation’s appalled at...
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Ghostbot (Part Two of Two)
Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/ghostbot-part-one-two Ghostbot (Part Two of Two) Jake tried hard to demarcate a longing to be...
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Chapter 7: Elena
Early on his first morning in Psychro, Niko was jolted awake by the sound of insistent knocking on his bedroom door. The pounding was firm,...
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the lost manuscript.
A self-confessed failure at writing. It made it easier if anybody asked, but they never did. Kittiwakes and guillemots were an orchestra for Damien’s...
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Revenge is a dish best served cold
Lucy sat in one of the leather armchairs, sinking into its depths, and savoured the rich, earthy taste of the espresso. She nibbled at the biscotti...
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