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Love, Rehab, and Mutant Turtles (4) [2 of 2]

Continued from Part 1 Disappointment and growing attraction battled in Nick’s gut. He got to his feet, brushing off the various aches and pains. I’m...

Love, Rehab, and Mutant Turtles (4) [1 of 2]

Previous Chapter 4. Dates in Sewers Nick rolled the car window down and savored the ungodly stink of Midway as they flew through the streets. Damp...
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Shakespeare Must Die Act 1 Scene 1

Act 1 scene 1 Queen Elizabeth and Lady Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, at Whitehall. Elizabeth – Ah, Kit, Kit ... Lady Herbert – Ah yes, had he not...
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Self-Help for the Selfish*

If you are offended after reading this, you're probably guilty of it... just like I am. image from Pixabay.com created by Cdd20 and is free to use.
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Maria and the Bellasis Family 8

Chapter 8 I was so pleased that Florence wanted to see me again. I was rather upset by her quick dismissal of me last time, but I understood when I...

Greed Is The Root of All Evil

It's true that the love of money is the root of all evil and it's because of greed. Rich people want more and more even though it's something they...

The final passage of parents

The final passage of parents Two of my older sisters are currently housed in rehab and nursing facilities. Their conditions continue to improve, so...

James Dean, among other things.

I watched A Rebel Without a Cause for the first time, and got inspired.

Swimmer

Land, where are you now? This queasy, diseased sea has jettisoned me deep. I wash in salted water. Smash the days with fists. Worry the horizon,...
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Shakespeare Must Die!

This is the prologue/pre-amble/pre-title sequence taster of a play I wrote about the 'Shakespeare Authorship Question'. Hopefully, like me, you think...

Love, Rehab, and Mutant Turtles (3)

Previous Chapter 3. Midnight Runaways Nick sat, awake, reading one of the library’s many ‘classics’. Upon arrival, he had quickly discovered that it...
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REMEMBERING BIG BEN

At 6 o'clock please think of me My mother used to say It was in 1939 that I was sent away To keep the children safe they said We must have no delay...

Ostrich eggs and elephant milk

The joy of cooking without a recipe book
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Help Me Say NO MORE FOOD

Listen to the sounds of a satisfying Thanksgiving dinner. Slurping soup then gobbling from a huge chicken, absorbing the aroma of prepared ecstasy...

Love, Rehab, and Mutant Turtles (2)

Previous Chapter 2. From One Drunk to Another Nick had detoxed before and each time it got a little worse. The shakes were more violent, the sweats...
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Secrets Of Wistman Woods

This is a poem about a small wooded area on Dartmoor, that is both ancient and otherworldly, like a secret to be told. Troubled cobwebs blown away in...
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Another extract from an old work ...

Warning - this includes details from a (fictional) therapy session, including repressed memories ... I can feel the atmosphere change. It begins with...

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