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Brutal Bites: Cold Hearted
Samy’s inspired imagination, courage, and hope came from his father. He was the soul flame that kept him from freezing. Samy’s mother was the one who...
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Dangerous:
Dangerous: An unfamiliar path, some were suicide missions, akin to the Vietnam jungles. Oh yeah! It’s about to get dangerous. Let’s get it started...
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Solar Gateway
Solar Gateway: Harmo nious visit through the gateway. Of dream space: wherever we go in this, complex, majestic horizon. This orbital drifts through...
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WELCOME TO THE CLUB
Woman, thrashing on a bed Face all red. Sweaty head Out came you and then she said Welcome to the club Later, your first day in school Start to drool...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 35 (last chapter)
Now that the sun had risen and the house was unstuck, all the guests were free to leave but the night’s conflicts still lingered over some of them,...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 34
Martha ran ahead of Perfidia and Dillon into the garden calling Willow’s name. She was desperate to find her and her heart was beating in triple time...
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Open your eyes
First they came for the unsupported students and I did not speak out because I don’t need to choose between education and food. Then they came for...
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Stone him!!
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Stephen, full of faith and wisdom, disputed, argued cogently, exasperating his oppressors who accused...
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Curiosity is the Only Requirement
There is a resistance in my hips that needs unjamming. I feel it at my work desk and mostly sat on buses. When I lie flat on my back, it starts to...
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Street Dreams
Middlesbrough, the town of my recurring dreams.
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The Calm
The Calm Floating clouds whisper along the waterfront. In succinct drift, melodic, weightless in there Gentle stream. Where the clouds stop and stand...
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Lying in Lissadell.
There's an old log that lies rotting on the shore at Lissadell, right where the shingle meets the fields. It's lain there for as long as I've been...
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Ghigau 19
Sunday 16th July The weather showed no sign of abating and the sun rose fierce and unfiltered, like some alien weapon sent to destroy the world. In...
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Worst Case Scenario - Being Peter To Save Paul (Part Three)
‘I quit this, I quit the trip. I go home. I work a string of meaningless jobs. Eventually I quit those too, and somehow manage to quit all the way to...
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The Ride -5 of 5
Continued from Part 4 The Ride-4 | ABCtales Frank finished early again the following evening. He’d promised Lisa the ultimate pub crawl. They got...
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The Ride-4
Continued from Part 3 The Ride -3 | ABCtales They were in Solly’s - a backstreet boozer just north of the container port. The riverside district was...
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A City Full Of Singers
A City Full Of Singers By Paul McCann The colours of a rainbow arched themselves over the land as the sea link ferry docked at the Port of Dublin ...
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November graveyard with a robin.
The sun shone on the snow-covered graveyard this afternoon, a place where the atmosphere was heavy with memories, sadness, longing and hope. Beside...
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