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Can Life Get Better?
Dear diary...This is the most awful period of my life. It's been an up hill struggle with all my health problems and no end in sight. I try to keep...
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Chapter 5: Nicholas
Helena was in her early twenties when she first met Nicholas, a time when life in their small Cretan village had begun to find a new rhythm. Her...
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Heir of Icarus
Blood beckons from these broken rocks, where the seabirds meet their destiny in flocks. In the sweat of the sea, the sea-made mist, where waves and...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - 'Memories' (ii)
(continued from (i))... I stepped out of the shop and walked along the High Street towards the supermarket. I was dazed - my eyes fixed ahead as I...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - 'Memories' (i)
Another excerpt from my memoir of my time as mum's full-time carer. Something drastic happens... Another thing mum had taken up in her retirement was...
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Behind the Church
Outcasts grappling with a dilemma of belief. Inspired by a painting by Lionel Feininger
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Taking Care 2
I had a phone call next day from Malcolm, asking me if I could come back in for a second stage interview. This was new to me. Was something amiss? "...
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Chapter 4: Yannis
Helena sat by the window of her small flat in Palmers Green, staring out at the street below. The familiar sounds of the neighbourhood drifted up -...
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Ghostbot (Part One of Two)
“Death is the greatest illusion of all” - Rajneesh Ghostbot (Part One of Two) Cassie was dead to begin with. There was no doubting the fact as...
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Don't Mess with a Meteorology Man
What I did during the second half of August 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.
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Rab A Dab Dab
Rab A Dab Dab By Paul McCann A real pressure cooker is how some described him . A little terror of a kid he was . Others said he had behavioural...
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Chapter 3: Even her flowers were wilting
Niko would mostly sit on the edge of his bed, staring at the floor. The room was dim, lit only by the soft glow of the streetlights filtering through...
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Chapter 2: Helena
Helena stood in her small kitchen, absent-mindedly her fingers traced the smooth surface of a well-worn serving bowl. The bowl was simple, and made...
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60's
Memory. Hair. Eyes. Teeth. Heart. Cholesterol. Diabetes. Sleep. Cataracts. Bones. Hearing. Tablets. Creams. Work. Retirement. Hips. Knees. Diets...
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The Tide Is High (Dead Reckoning series - Part 24)
Samantha and the Detectives are getting nowhere fast with Jeannie, and Josiah and Archibald are in deep water, and it's getting a lot deeper!
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Taking Care 1 (ii)
The home, Remus Lodge, was a large Victorian house on the corner of a road, just up from the lights at the main junction in the town. It was five...
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Taking Care 1 (i)
In early 2004, my life - which had then been flying on one engine for some time - finally came crashing to earth. I was almost 45. My marriage was...
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Hello Autumn
Lawnmowers become leafblowers Beaches empty out the kids Spiders haunt internal corners Your naked knees now hid Blossom's but a memory Unveil the...
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The Seasonal Years …
The spring of youth is bright and keen, enjoying vigour and new things seen, growing, blossoming, with smiles for all, though sometimes follies bring...
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Blink into a nightmare
A few moments ago I was simply marking papers trying to get as much work done before the days end. I had closed my eyes thinking of being anywhere...
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