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A Poem for Pongal
Pongal Magharzhi’s Passed and Thai is here; The Larder’s full, the charcoal fire Sweetens the air with flame scorched milk. May your Pongga rise and...
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The Over Complication
“Who we killing?” Outlier pulled their knife to their face. They couldn’t contain their laughter as they attempted to lick it. “Merlyn.” The word...
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Loads of Catching-up
“I miss showers.” Aloe slopped the dark ooze from her arms. Inches of black gunk fell to the floor and yet she remained drenched in its embrace...
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Sanford and Steptoe and Son
It has been fifty years since Sanford and Son was first broadcast on TV. It ran for six seasons and 136 episodes. The very first episode aired on...
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The Den (Part 2)
There was no-one in when I went home at lunchtime. I drank some milk out of the bottle in the fridge. Then I made myself a pickle sandwich and went...
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The Den (Part 1)
This is one of the first short stories I ever wrote - about 30 years ago. It's based on my own childhood experiences, growing up on a high-rise estate in South London in the '70s.
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Corona Log -14/1/22
Corona Log Entry- January 14, 2022 It is a sunny and cool day here in S.W. Florida. Temps are in the low seventies. A cold front is coming that will...
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The God of Mistakes
It was dusk over the Aegean Sea. The sun had just set over the horizon, and the sky had metamorphosed into a dull green, revealing the evening’s...
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(This Life) Part 4: The Neighbour’s Wife
to be part of, to see, to be
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Disenchantment 48
***** Normally quite aloof and stoic, this place was even getting to Hornblende. All he thought real, all he believed about life and death, was...
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Not a Fairy Tale
Stoking the fire means warmth for hiking on a very cold day pasted to a northern wind. A deer poking his head through flailing flakes shows there is...
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Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Day Martin Luther King Day is celebrated every January 15th in America as a national holiday. Most people like me, who are of a...
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Slipping The Escort
As a dedicated peer of the realm I am so dedicated to my work that I am prone to overlook my own concerns. Which is how I found myself in the Chief...
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Beneath This Broken Headstone
Father Percival was minding his business when Joss Aitken burst into the church, shouting excitedly. "I've found a slug. I've found a slug." Joss was...
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THE HUT
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THE HUT As Anita slowly walked lazily, kicking the pebbles on the pavement, singing a song, she laughed at herself for her merriment. She was...
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A Spelling Bee
A bee in one's bonnet.
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THE FIRST ANGEL 5
Could be dark clouds ahead -- not just from the snow
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near Orcop
4/1/22 Circling the hill, half way up, soft mud track high above the Herefordshire plain lumpy hills criss-cross it here and there and far north the...
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Only She
She finishes his body to perfection, Chopping, sculpting flesh, Twisting and towering his sandstorm hair, Lifting the skin to show how the fire lurks...
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The Other Otherworldly Visitor of Oscaloo
Chapter 3 in the Visitor of Oscaloo story introduces the Villain.
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