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Alien Murmuration - Chapter 1 (1986)
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I see that sign again; it seems like every time I get on this bus I see it. Is it on every bus or do we use this bus most days? I am not sure why I...
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Mysterious Times
It’s dark. The tent is like a pimple beside lake shore. Mosquitoes absent themselves from windy space devoid of trees & grass. That sound. Leaves...
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1:2:9 Sanctuary (Part 3)
“Now isn’t that interesting.” The commander turned from her computer to Ace and Midpoint. “We’ve just had a complete computer failure in the airlock...
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1:2:9 Sanctuary (Part 2)
They were led to a building at the base of the transmitter. It loomed above them. While the clones knew that Sanctuary Point was a military...
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1:2:9 Sanctuary (Part 1)
Buzzing. There was a faint hiss coming from the panel. “Present identification.” A synthetic voice croaked from the intercom. Ace held the card to...
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JEZ.
My son Daniel, four years ago he moved into a studio flat. It was in bad condition. Lots of things did not work in there. The lighting, the cooker...
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Could You Imagine?
A short about acceptance—even apathy—for the scale of everything.
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The Storyteller And The Songbird
The Storyteller And The Songbird by Paul McCann He was sitting by the lagoon and the afternoon was fading into a long twilight of the summer ...
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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Five of Six)
Parts One to Four at: https://www.abctales.com/collection/vale-shadow-king In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Five of Six) Grandpa Rhys was waiting...
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The time capsule
The reunion that never happened
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Ugly Puggly 83
I holed up in Ugly Puggly’s house with a litre of vodka and some cans. The electricity was still gubbed. Rain washed up against the windows like a...
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The Stars Misaligned
A short story exploring the woes of nostalgia, when one is convinced that better days have passed. (small update, the story I had planned about death and mourning will now be a much longer work; it has not been easy finding the time and energy to write lately)
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NFLD Tragedy (Sept 2022)
Two ladies were having a cup of tea in their home by the sea when Hurricane Fiona arrived as a storm of storms forcing the ocean to their door and...
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An Oversight
Today is National Poetry Day
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The .......zzz ZZZ Part Four.
The next morning, the gentle vibrating of the bed woke me up, I was tired, at first, I thought I was dreaming but no it was real, I was still in the...
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The.......Part Three
Today was the day, day one of the competition, and like I have been here before, I desperately wanted to fall asleep, to get my quota of sleep in. It...
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Father to Son
Standing by a spruce in the shadow at meadow’s edge during evening’s descent: “Squeeze my hand son and grip the beauty of a setting sun with your...
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I See Strange People
Odd. Do please ignore, if it's not for you. Image author's own, created from CC0 licenced elements.
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A gift
A Zen master met a woman on a journey one day. By her ignorance, she tried various ways to yell and insult him. Finally, the Zen master turned around...
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For My Name’s Sake
, For My Name’s Sake By Paul McCann You have carved my name in the palm of your hand and that is something they’ll never understand You knew me...
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