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New Directions (28)
The tow path along the Kennet is very pretty even on a teeth rattling morning in December. During the night a heavy layer of frost crystals sprayed...
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Reunion With Self
Reunion With Self I often wander off at obscure tangents when writing, which wasn’t helpful during my exam days! The temptation to be obscure and...
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Best Laid Plans
Best Laid Plans (for Valentine’s Day) Jennifer Pickup, 11.02.2025 Is it time yet to take down all your pictures from the wall? Am I ready to admit...
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Steel Makers
Once, years ago, the sprawling Bethlehem Steel complex ran for miles along the Lake Erie shore in Lackawanna, just south of Buffalo, N.Y. Belching...
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Parcel for you - Part 52
It was inevitable really wasn’t it, Vanessa thought as she logged off from work. She’d spent the afternoon in a haze of confusion, working through...
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The Book: Chapter 15
Don’t bore me with predictability, Alice. I’d hate to end this prematurely. But, darling, give me some sport. I need a challenge—otherwise, I see no...
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Testimonium Regis - Part 1 of 5
Snapping through the ribs was Aldus’ least favorite part of any procedure that called for it. While he was not a squeamish man, this being part of...
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The Reunion That Never Was
Some reunions should never happen....
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Fathoms Above
Oh I do like to be beneath the seaside.
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The Book: Chapter 14
Chapter 14 Alice tried to convince herself that she was overworked, that the book’s stories were an elaborate coincidence, and that candyfloss grew...
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Commute
Tarmac crackles under tyres, a beat that plays along to the radio, songs of now creating a disjoint. Songs of now that reflect a past, passed down...
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As the dawn breaks
As the dawn breaks and I am laying in bed and I touch your soft face and the sun slowly wakes I just want you you are my soul my day and my night my...
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Steelie 3
Brodie said, ‘Well, I’ll be off.’ His American accent no longer bugged Steelie. He warmed to it as he warmed to the troubled man. ‘I’ll no keep yae...
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The Late Douglas Adams
He was very tall, he stood six feet five. He died too young, he couldn't survive. He wrote "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" and some episodes of...
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The Speedy ( Part 3 ) Final
The Omega Speedmaster watches worn by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldin and Michael Collins were sent back to Nasa to become part of The Smithsonian Museum...
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The Book: Chapter 13
Chapter 13 At home, Alice expected to see Mick in every room. The experience the night before had unsettled her. She was frightened. But mostly, she...
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Remnants
The empty glass and tissue box
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Joyful Reunion at a (double) funeral!
A double funeral – not a result of car accident, just two friends (therefore elderly!) both hospitalised briefly through different ill health issues...
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