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Meat Crimes - Scene 3

SCENE 3: INT. POLICE STATION - CHIEF CONSTABLE WAGSTAFF'S OFFICE - DAY Chief Constable WAGSTAFF, a stern man with a perpetually furrowed brow, sits...
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Meat Crimes - Scene 2

SCENE 2: INT. POLICE STATION - DAY Shank and Brisket slump into their worn-out chairs at their cluttered desks. Brisket starts flipping through a...
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Meat Crimes - Scene 1

SCENE 1 INT. LOCAL CAFE - MORNING The cafe is dimly lit, with a flickering neon sign that reads "Cafe Grizzle." Mismatched tables and chairs fill the...

Light in Darkness

Plot’s failure many celebrate by fine displays of colourful light brightening up the sky at night – a sparkling starry vivid sight … soon Christmas comes – the silent night a few poor shepherd’s sudden sight and hearing of …
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The 'Wand'

some flash fiction
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One Tick Short of a Tock

Senior moment Friday evening. Had planned to go to Elgin Cathedral on the ‘free entry’ deal on Saturday. Bus there, eyes peeled for bow-fiddle rock...
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Bus Pass Has a Mystery to Solve

Bus Pass was cock-a-hoop. A doubler! Two top deck trips in the same week. This time, two whole hours, to a big town. There would be shops. Cafés...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 22

There was just over an hour and a half left before sunset when the doorbell played Beethoven’s Für Elise. Perfidia’s eyes widened and she looked at...
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Lordy Lordy - Buses

I was woken by Box with my tray of coffee, toast, and assorted toast adornments. "Thank you Box," I said, expecting him to go away, the B oxes of...
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A spark in the dark

They are giving Corinne a new drip, I have to go, they don’t want me to watch. My child! Each time she gets poked, I’m sent away, a rabbit caught in...
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I HATE YOU!

“I hate you,” Those are very strong words, is there a stronger way to say it? Loath? Detest? Abhor? Despise? I was in the office at work, many months...

Part V "Paddy" Putting Paddy to rest

Part V- Requiem for Paddy Putting Paddy to rest June 8 th , 2004 All Hands, Patrick M. Martin was buried this morning, Tuesday, June 8th, 2004, at...

Part IV - struggling with the bureaucracy

Part IV- Requiem for Paddy Struggling with the bureaucracy. Original Message----- > From: JXMartin > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:03 AM >...
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He Was

He was: smaller than life, older than Springtime, some the wiser, found for words, front for good, scruffy as ninepence, as timid as brass, as hate...

Faith in Who? Why?

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Faith in a Father whose Son walked this earth, and showed us His kindness, displayed His true worth. Faith...
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The Friday Murder Club

Friday was a blah day. Dull white, running with rain and water-laden mist. A day to stay home, light candles, tidy for the weekend. Except, I couldn’...

In The Olden Days.....

In the olden days… I was in my local superstore late last night, as I approached the tills, to go to the self-service, I saw a young child, making a...
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The Last Night

Chapter 2 Ariel The Taken 3 Ariel lay upstairs, bathed in moonlight, flawless, well not quite. Four long vertical scars marred the otherwise perfect...
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The Future of an Illusion

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As always, in the days before you arrive, I fall ill. A premonitory sign of the melancholy to come. Some part of me is staging an intervention. But...

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