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The viewing
He had arrived about an hour early. The journey in from mid Sussex was often stop-start, but on this occasion the roads had been clear. It probably...
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Amanderellaand the Punctual Ghost Chapter 11.
Chapter 11. Settling the ghost. The rain began just after lunch, a soft patter at first, then a steady, slanting fall that blurred the kitchen...
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Micah or the end of Magic. Chapter 3.
Chapter 3. Elsewhere. Jek lived deep in the shadiest part of the Dark Forest, where the trees grew so thickly overhead that no sunlight ever reached...
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Farzaneh’s Song
For my dear friend Farzaneh in Iran, and for all the lovely people I met when she was guiding me round her beautiful country in 2011.
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Chapter 12 - Together
Aurora was the first one to notice. Lumen’s eyes were drained of color. She couldn’t tell what color they were before. But his irises were now a dull...
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Canalside
Along the canal, dragonflies land on lily pads, a woman in a large straw hat languidly lolls on the deck of a barge. Birds with gold backs swoop from...
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Feminism and Literature
This is just an idle observation, but possibly one worth making. It's obvious that great strides have been made towards gender equality during the...
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"one summer's day" -tanka
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Amanderellaand the Punctual Ghost Chapter 10.
Chapter 10. Roman Remains or not? The kitchen door creaked open, and Osric stamped his feet on the mat with the purposeful energy of a man who had...
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Micah or the end of Magic. Chapter 2.
Chapter 2. Deserted Places. Micah walked down the road feeling sad and confused. All his life he had believed that people who did magic were bad,...
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I Saw an Angel
I walked across a land barren and bleak stone cracked fields of grey and brown and the empty shells of past glory a sun baked hell of dismembered...
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The Bungalow-2
Continued from Chapter 1: The Bungalow-1 | ABCtales Chapter 2 Hawke put the gun back inside the whisky box, checking to see that the ammo was still...
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The Rhyming Ballad of Sam Cantorelli
Sam Cantorelli was half Italian ‘my half was the legs’ he once said, he was a very fast runner with a face that was always red. His mother shouted...
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The Less Miserables Keep a Secret (3)
The next morning, Hector went to the park at dawn. Nobody else was there—just him and the empty concrete, the new bowl gleaming in the early light...
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Today is Yesterday is Tomorrow
Everything has already happened. There is nothing new under the sun, especially since it has been dead for millennia; but it's brand new and there...
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Micah or the end of Magic. Chapter 1.
Chapter 1. The People of Sowton Bred Pigs. The village of Sowton lay on the edge of the Dark Forest, and its people bred pigs. Their animals spent as...
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Amanderellaand the Punctual Ghost Chapter 9.
Chapter 9. Back at Boddals. Inside Boddals, Amanderella turned to Honoria. “The piece for my motor‑bike has not arrived, so it looks as though I will...
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Off Script 2 (of 2)
Continued from Part 1: Off Script-1 | ABCtales Six months later… “Well,” said the director to the assembled cast of Deadly Horseplay . “I think you’...
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Revolution Lost
Revolution Lost. My hand is shaking. Withered fingers rattle, dancing on the edge of a dream. I've murmured once too often, frozen my thoughts in...
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The Less Miserables Keep a Secret (2)
The next few days, he paid attention to how the others skated. Not the tricks—he'd been watching those for years, could describe everyone's technique...
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