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The Pre - Wedding Chat
The room fell silent as Davey Russell opened up a bottle of 15-year-old malt and poured its golden contents into six large tumblers. The men in the...
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The Death Sentence!
This week when I was at work, we heard on the news with the new daily updates, “The over seventies and those who are unwell and over sixties have to...
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Vengeance is My Middle Name - A Craven Danger Mystery
“Oh, yeah! Well, do me a favor, Betty. When you climb down from know-it-all mountain, go jump in who-asked-you-in-the-first-place lake!” “Suit...
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Seasons
Let me adore You through the wind and rain Jesus. Hear my name when You gaze upon the land forgive me as I begin each day knowing I have sins for...
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The Robot That Went Haywire
He was an inventor and he had good intentions. But many people died because of his invention. He built a robot and it was supposed to help mankind...
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Distancing
Listening to Mingus preach. His fingers and thumbs a sermon. A lesson from a teacher learned but rarely practiced. That of trajectory. Today, there...
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Diamonds Underground - Chapter 5
Diamonds Underground Chapter 5 Far From The Truth The wind roared like a lion across the upper deck and cut deep valleys between huge waves that...
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I Believe The Earth Is Flat
People call me stupid because I believe the earth is flat. They laugh and call me an idiot because I believe that. I believe that I'll fall off the...
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A Philosophical Model
A Philosophical Mod el Body and intellect none ever dare neglect Them, keenly men nourish to survive sustain and flourish body by exercise and...
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Hart's Tongue Fern in March 2020
Fibrous rooted, undivided fronds, compressed into coal that powered a globe. W avy outline of a deer’s tongue, wound-healing absorber of heavy metals...
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Coronavirus Chronicles: The business owner
So that's what shattered dreams sound like. At the click of a button, my dreams were all but over. A quiet death, rather than a dramatic twist of...
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An outpouring of emotion
We were recently married, six years of love evolving into an eternally binding contract. What a beautiful ceremony; what an unforgettable day. An...
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Reading
Mothers are supposed to love their children. So why does mine hate me? Dad says she doesn’t. But I heard her. “I hate him! I can’t bear the sight of...
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Come and Join the Fun...
Life writing, so some of it might be true. In any event, move along, nothing to see here... Image is in the public domain. It's where I worked at the time...
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Elephant
ARTWORK: 2 of 4 from the ‘Play’ series, sketch in progress for ‘All The Pretty Ones Are’ Exhibition at State Theatre Centre, Perth, 2011. #...
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The Bountiful
I always liked Calvin, everybody on the ship did. He was tall and slender, shiny black hair and a big toothy grin that made you think he looked too...
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An Ill Wind
Given everything that is going on at the moment, it was sort of inevitable that my undertakers would become involved at some point!
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Song to the self
Not sure this has a psalmic musical quality, but never mind.
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In Purdah
Another attempt at the I.P.
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