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May He rest in peace.

Recently, a good friend from the area passed on unexpectedly. Those who are left behind grieve his passage. He was a pleasant husband, father and...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags. Chapter 3.

Chapter Three. Gottsnobbler Hall. Gottsnobbler Hall was unusually quiet when Amanderella arrived. There wasn’t even the faint sound of Mother sorting...
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 2.

Chapter 2: The Journey Begins. The black dress hung from the rafters like a shadow waiting to fall. Sophrayni stared at it for a long time, arms...
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Just a short story 'sketch'...something satirical about a megachurch pastor

No idea what I'll do with this, just some passage I've done. The character is supposed to be a very 'fake' and vain rich megachurch pastor visting the very real victims of a very real natural disaster -- the human coming from his internal monologue vs his outward image. No plot ideas yet.
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FRANKENPLOT

It's Halloween, people! Wait, no, not really... It's still September, but why wait? Everyone seems ready for the change in the season. It's time for...
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Fifth Row from the Front (4)

He went down the aisle at a walk because a man does not run in a field full of people he grew up in front of. By the third row he was not walking...
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The First and Last Patriots

Eleanor Shaw stepped off the coach at Amesbury just after six o’clock. The sky was a flat, colourless sheet, the kind of backdrop that made...
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Starting to read and sort

Following up on https://www.abctales.com/story/rhiannonw/delightful-momentous-task
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 1

Chapter 1. Sophrayni. Sophrayni sat for a while, staring at the rocking chair where Calizone, the old Witch of the Dark Forest, had once sat. It was...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags.Chapter 2.

Chapter Two. Up North. The morning settled into its usual rhythm at No. 9 Wimple Terrace: the clink of cups, the rumble of milk carts outside, and...
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Fifth Row from the Front (3)

The concession stand was cinder block painted white with a shed roof over the window, and the line was already out past the corner of the building...

I'm Still Here

I'm Still Here I’ve been away too long. Feels like I’ve been gone forever. My days drown in yesterdays. I long for something new. Hell, I’d take the...
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Bloody, Brawling Business CH8

Tiro had Newt by the shoulder and neck before he could even leave his seat. He pulled him down and grabbed him by the arm Newton was using to hold...
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Fifth Row from the Front (2)

It was fuller than Dennis had ever seen it, and smaller. That was the thing he had not been ready for. The field had been the size of a county when...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags. Chapter 1.

Chapter One. An Explorer Returns. It was early morning at No. 9 Wimple Terrace. Lady Amanderella Gottsnobbler was just reaching for a second piece of...

Aliens?

We’ve found crashed alien ships and governments are hiding recovered technology and dead bodies from us because we just can’t handle the truth! Sure...
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Spellbound Chapter 18.

Chapter Eighteen. Happy endings? Sophie sat at the rear of the wagon, watching the road wheel away behind her far faster than it ought to. “Calizone...
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Chapter 17 - Rough awakening

A new pain. Right side. Same place as the bruise. Same place as the wound. But so much stronger than either of the two. So much stronger than any...
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Fifth Row from the Front (1)

The road came into the forest twelve miles out and did not come back out of it for a long time. It was two lanes with no shoulder and the pines stood...
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Spellbound Chapter 17.

Chapter Seventeen. Calizone’s Story. “I’ve never told anyone this,” said Calizone. “But if it helps you make a sensible choice, then fair enough.”...
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