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The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.4 by Alfred Muggins (himself) The Real Henry VIII Finds His Feet In 21st Century England! Part 1

By David Kirtley on Thu, 30 Mar 2023

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28/5/21 (27/2/23) Alfred had unleashed an aging and disgruntled Henry on the modern world! Where would he stop, now that he had found his feet? Henry...

Goatie 3

By celticman on Wed, 29 Mar 2023

I slept tranquilly. It gets to the stage where you become acclimatised to anything. Even prisoners at Auschwitz slept soundly. I’m in pretend mode...

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The hidden painting chapter 9

By monodemo on Wed, 29 Mar 2023

Roadtrip!

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Dreaming

By skinner_jennifer on Wed, 29 Mar 2023

Dreaming readily even through darkest hours; I cross over with just sight to guide the way, a phantom unseen, going where vision leads; taken by...

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"I Love Your......."

By Maxine Jasmin-Green on Wed, 29 Mar 2023

Over the years, I have said, to work colleagues, as I have seen them sat opposite me, “I love your shoes,” Or I have said, “I love your jeans,” I...

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Driving Drunk.

By Maxine Jasmin-Green on Wed, 29 Mar 2023

I have noticed over about five years, while I have been driving, that I have seen drivers in front of me going from left to right when they should...

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Updates and Exotic Fruitcakes

By drkevin on Wed, 29 Mar 2023

What is our experience of neighbours? It could be like the smiley people on certain adverts, who studiously ignore each others annoying habits, big...

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"Shush, Please !!!!"

By jxmartin on Wed, 29 Mar 2023

I have always been amazed by the linguistic dexterity, of friends and colleagues, who can literally talk forever. Most of us are gabbers by nature...

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Goatie 2

By celticman on Tue, 28 Mar 2023

I ponder my sleep-walking predicament. Apparently, I’m superhuman able to drink a glass of water without waking. I remember a case in which a man had...

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The hidden painting chapter 8

By monodemo on Tue, 28 Mar 2023

Cindy seems to be really getting behind the biography of Arthur Waldron. She is amazed at the twists and turns he wrote in his novels! Will Jasper meet his deadline?

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Marcus

By monodemo on Tue, 28 Mar 2023

Some moving flash fiction.

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Brean Down

By marandina on Tue, 28 Mar 2023

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/brean-down Brean Down Gulls suspended in silence - mid-flight, gliding high over spume-dashed...

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MIASMA. That’s the word I was trying to remember. It’s all a bit stupid. It doesn’t really exist in the same way it did then as an invasive force. But you’ve still got the hangover of the word hanging like a bad smell.

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Success

By phk2010 on Mon, 27 Mar 2023

What is success? Is success simply my happiness? Is success my mental health? Is success connected to my heart? No I always wanted success to be...

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Take Me Back

By smokejack on Mon, 27 Mar 2023

There’s too much trouble in the world Nobody whispers everybody shouts Tempers are short anger is normal Hatred leads by example Ignorance is formal...