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Parcel for You - Part 47
Both women gasped at the same time. There was something shocking and terrifying about seeing him standing there silently, having got up all by...
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Before Creation
Before Creation Imagine a plasma field so infinite its size is way beyond our comprehension; an endless, universe yet unborn where time itself has no...
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Don't Blame It on That Girl (Dead Reckoning series - Part 43)
In which the Detectives review the events of the past 24 hours and something dawns on Samantha
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The Patrolman - 3
She took the stairs from the private room, her evening dress bunched up in one hand.
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"Before They Call, I Will Answer, While They Are Still Speaking, I Will Hear." Part Six.
There was no time for tears. We had work to do, to clear out Eric’s flat in 7 days of his sudden untimely death. Eric had died that quickly, we didn’...
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Helping The Victims Of The Wildfires
The Crisis in California is heartbreaking and it certainly is dire. I donated $20.00 to the American Red Cross to help the victims of the wildfires...
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Sonnet in Silence
Inspired by a poem by Edna St Vincent Millay - Bluebeard, it plays with idea of pesonal autonomy; of how much can we share with another person?
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The Fortunate Swaggie
The Fortunate Swaggie By Paul McCann Jackie Slacker was a back packer who never had a home of his own he lived rough and ready , slept out under the...
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Zero Tolerance
Written as snow lay 6" deep in our garden and with the luxury of a log fire I cast my mind back over half a century to my childhood memories of being cold.
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Cozy on the sofa
Cozy on the sofa with me we drinking drinking chocolate and we can listen to some silly songs or watch something daft on tv that will be me and you...
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Oh I try to let go
Oh I try to let go but your memory linger so like lost song for long ago every page in my book of life turns and its remind me of the sunshine you...
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"Before They Call, I Will Answer, While They Are Still Speaking, I Will Hear." Part Five.
One day, Eric said, “I want to make sure my funeral is all paid for.” I looked on the internet for him and found a Company. I arranged for the date...
Where has the wildlife gone?
When I was young there was a lot of wildlife. In the early 70’s around my house there was just endless birds. This was in the middle of a town. Even...
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Let it snow …
with apologies to A A Milne* Jane has a great big padded coat on Jane has a scarf and furry hat Jane has warm mitts, thick socks and boots on, and...
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In The Blood
In The Blood By Paul McCann Whenever we’re born and we start to breathe . You and I are the humankind and we need oxygen in the blood to survive and...
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Hard Pressed
We've come a long way down the road. Turns out you can't trust your friends Like you can your enemies. Seems everybody knows, Before you've even said...
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A statue of you
A statue bright as a new grave Thick and unquick stone The best laid to rest Glory, glory, glory! Gene ology drowned in unbright light Framed in a...
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misty grey rain
without you outside hangs a wet misty grey blanket which enfolds and comforts the earth as in my arms i want to hold you now fields waiting in...
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Eleven Thousand Silent Playmates
When an old song revives a memory that uncovers an astonishing secret. You might call this a sequel, or even a prequel, to Making Do with Dusty Springfield.
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