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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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Water Palaver!
A tale of our times... (Image: mine) The place where I work is just behind the main water reservoir for the town. The concrete 'mushroom' water tower...
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Chapter 6: Psychro
The idea of going to Greece had lodged itself in Niko’s mind, despite his initial resistance. Now, as he stared at the ashtray overflowing with...
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Weather App Haiku #14
Shadows and sunlight Fight it out at my window Sunshine through glass- the winner! Certificate U Poem Facebook
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The Looking Forward Man
I'm the Looking Forward Man, the not looking back man, Not really caring 'bout getting older with my stash of poems in my ancient folder. I speak for...
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Love as he saw it
In youth, he saw love as a shining peak, a treasure waiting at the top of a steep hill, if only he could climb. He thought it a prize, a clear light...
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Slaughterhouse Noise's
Slaughterhouse Noise's By Paul McCann The old slaughter house stood beside a waste ground in Mossy Valley . Most of the local men folk worked in...
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I Started Out Writing Horror (But Poetry Proved Better)
Messrs King and Kerouac both made me want to write Their Horror and Beat novels were the first I had to bite Grisly ghosts and vampires, mysterious...
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Stranger Danger
As he stepped off the train, a wave of panic seized him. This didn’t look like Louisiana. Where were the bustling people, the trill of jazz, and the...
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Kugel
I was ten when they took us. It happened in the middle of the day. We were sitting at the dinner table. Mama was baking a loaf of bread and Papa was...
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Can Life Get Better?
Dear diary...This is the most awful period of my life. It's been an up hill struggle with all my health problems and no end in sight. I try to keep...
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