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The Book: Chapter 50
The room was sterile, though Mick had tried to make it homely with a few personal touches, but there’s only so much you can do against the colours he...
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SEASONS. Part Two.
Unknown. Confusion. Pain. Mask. Medication. Tests. Scans. Fear. Bloods. Urine. Biopsy. Doctors. Hospitals. Waiting. Lists. Questions. Prayers. Songs...
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SEASONS. Part One.
Many years ago, there was a brilliant song in the charts called, “Seasons in The Sun.” I didn’t really think until now what the song was about...
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"winter was once winter"
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Long in the Tooth
My first extraction since 'Seventy Eight', a sixty-something molar has sealed its fate. The soundtrack music is 'Who Loves the Sun', a Lou Reed song...
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The Late Val Kilmer
Because of Pneumonia, he couldn't survive. Val Kilmer has died at the age of sixty-five. He starred as Batman in "Batman Forever" thirty years ago...
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Staunton Series - Chapter X- Camping along the Fraser River
Staunton Series – Chapter X Camping along the Fraser River. It was Saturday morning. The brothers had the day “off,” to work on their place on the...
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The Book: chapter 49
The choking stench of burned plastic and scorched wood clung to the hairs at the back of his throat, suffocating him despite the breathing apparatus...
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New Directions (32) Updated
Sleep was the last thing on my mind despite it being past 11pm after a tiring day. I already knew my suspicions about Duke Reginald were blown out...
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Heaven From Hell (Part 1)
The furnace of the sun was relentless. Heat rose and shimmered from black tarmac, forming strange wavering mirages, as if the ghosts of millennia...
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Heaven From Hell (Part 2)
The boy’s hand - for he was no more than a boy - began forcing its way between them, searching. Sara could feel the ugly lump of what could only be...
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Hot Cross Buns and Fish and Chips
It’s that one hundred words thing again, covering the second half of March when I was mostly in England.
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forget me not
Limb by limb they say In that ordinary way Heart, diabetes and lack of breath That means death Best keep yakking in that slow way So you won’t wander...
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Illusions delusions
…the aeroplane ski across the sun – how could it be? and oh, what a sight! – … the moon has taken a bite out of the sun’s fiery …
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Johnny Ten Levs vs Jack Daniels
It’s that one hundred words thing again, covering the first half of March when I was mostly in Bulgaria.
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Steelie 14
Mole stands on the U-Bahn platform, his leg jiggling. The place reeks of sweat, damp woollen uniforms and thick coats pressed together, and the sour...
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The bird with no beak
If you weren’t looking closely, you just wouldn’t see— Not all birds looked the same high up in the tree. Feathers? Check. Claws? Check. Wings to...
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The Book: Chapter 48
The morning sun shone, gilding the kitchen with the illusion of peace and the promise of finality. The lights hummed, casting golden halos over the...
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Historical Study of Scotland - Chapter One
Historical Study of Scotland Chapter One Rìgh Alba, 1249 - 1286 (King of Scotland, 1249 - 1286) Alaxandair mac Alaxandair, Alexander III, (4...
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