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Paradise found

The chairman does not cry. He is too old, too mature, too experienced for it. But it is clear that he is affected. And he is not alone. The members...
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LUXURY.

Ten thousand steps are the recommendation, over the past week I have certainly done more than that a day. My car has been in the garage about two...
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1:5:10 Lores (Part 2)
Patience wasn’t a virtue that Lore had been used to exercising. The two days had passed faster than they expected but, no matter how engaging their...
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UNSEEN.

I remember when I was fourteen, and was reading the book Run Baby Run by Nicky Cruz. There was a word in the book I didn’t understand, it was SOB. I...
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Infinity Pool
This immaculate Sunday supplement couple, tanned and healthy as they lean over the edge of the infinity pool, barely trouble the water. Their...
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Mother and Child Reunion (Dead Reckoning series - Part 47)

Jeannie attempts to get control over her wilful daughter and the Detectives try to make sense of the situation.
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Parcel for You - Part 51
Maybe he’s just better off without me, she thought as she drove back towards home, knowing in her gut that Spencer would not be by the front door...
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Innovative Unknown Paths

Leaving the old ways of long-known wisdom: think new ways are more kind? … “I want it! now!” – is that the rule for what is cool and good for all in days to come.
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The Patrolman - 7 (2/2)

The streets were hot and sticky, pungent with marihuana.
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The Patrolman - 7 (1/2)

Madre Jalisco’s stood on the corner of Hollywood and Schrader at 6536.
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Return to Waterloo

Return to Waterloo These once children chiselled on a bench – holding hands. A July southern seafront. They are hostages to screeching pushchairs,...
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"Fragile"

The cardinal singing in the evergreen tree gave her hope; good things would come to pass. It had been too long since she’d had hope. She hadn’t dared...
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New Directions (26)
She was asleep. Drawing a seat as close to her as I could I leaned Ted and Lucy’s envelope against the water jug sitting on the grey metal cabinet aside the bed.
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The Crowd Went Mild.

The crowd went mild. It’s a great line and it’s true. I’m a big boxing fan and go to a lot of the big, and not so big, fights. Back in the day, which...
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The Glass Ceiling
For a lot of people in the West, science has replaced religion as their explanatory 'bedrock'. They believe in it with the same unquestioning faith...
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The Body in the Library

Saturday 24th April 1976 The Body in the Library I always was a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Tales of his case-solving are legendary made even more...
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The Book: Chapter 9

Alice had brought the book home to read, though it repulsed her and she didn’t know why she’d done it. Her house felt contaminated, as though the...
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The Singer Who Stole Their Hearts
The Singer Who Stole Their Hearts By Paul McCann Joe Mc Laughlin liked to walk to work,!and rain hail, or shine, he always had a song in his heart...
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New Directions (25)

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