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Arch-Liar
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Fake news! deceit and lies abound; such poison everywhere is found: misjudgments, rumours, slander stirs up...
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The Miracle of Maldon (Part One of Three)
Draft for a 3-part story. The Miracle of Maldon (Part One of Three) The moon hung low in a blue sky, an intruder on a twilight horizon. The day was...
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Traces of us
Yesterday I spent the afternoon at a memorial event for a friend and colleague who died during the first lockdown in 2020. The memorial was attended...
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The Tenth Anniversary Of Andy Griffith's Death
Andy Griffith found success when he starred in "The Andy Griffith Show". That sitcom is still popular today and it was created over sixty years ago...
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Ugly Puggly 48
I went outside to have a gander at where we’d buried the body. The grass around the decking was overlong, more like weeds. A chestnut tree on the...
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Dear Dad
Dear Dad, I am writing you this letter so you can take into account the experiences in my life which have shaped me into the woman I am today, You...
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Boxing Clever?
Josiah surveys the competition whilst Archibald edges forward.
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Let me share your tears
don't shut me out i am here won't you open up inside and let me see the real you don't be scared i am here i am not going anywhere i am here will you...
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On The Wagon
“On the Wagon” You often hear the phrase “on the wagon” in conversation. It is usually a pithy reference to a now abstemious person who had...
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The Lost Years
2022 I finally arrived…the penthouse suite no less. I looked to my left and saw a stern-faced guard stare back at me, the black cloth bag that was...
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Harvest Mouse
Within fields of wheat, corn and barley; there's hushed efficiency, seeds shall be gathered and consumed; sometimes emerging in daytime's summer heat...
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I Am Free
I’m free…but for how long? I can feel the snow crunch under my boots as I run for the hills, my bag banging against my back with every stride. I look...
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On Oddicombe Beach
The furnicular glides you down into the blue busom of the sea, delivers you almost into the changed lap of the now green waiting wave. A quiet...
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Broken heart
how much longer can I live with this broken heart it's driving me wild i can't sleep at night i toss and turn looking over and missing you in the...
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Roses in my garden
pink and blue and red and green are the roses in my garden some are small and some are big are the roses in my garden some smell of summer mist some...
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Ugly Puggly 47
Things were going better than I hoped. I’d gone to the shop and got a Daily Record and rolls. The shopkeeper was waiting for me, edging forward to...
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1:1:7 Clarity (Part 2)
Lore returned to Loren’s body. He was addressing the group but his mumbling made it sound as if he were talking to himself. “If I take the Tempora...
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1:1:7 Clarity (Part 1)
Blinking. It took a while for their eyes to adjust but it was all the more confusing when they did. Replacing the bathroom they were originally sat...
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Walking Corpses
We're all just walking corpses Our souls not ready to take The beings that created us Watch us wide awake Bumbling through our misery Daily struggle...
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The Painted Dress
A story about spending time in lockdown.
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