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Sammy's Story

If we asked what'd happened he'd shrug and say: 'You know what happened.'

Dance of the Monsters

Moloch, venerated Fire Demon, does a flaming waltz, Medusa's snakes sway and slither to the Mamba, Dracula with his blood-red cloak does the...
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Singing Birds And Hummingbirds

Singing Birds And Hummingbirds By Paul McCann The humming birds hover in a fluttering way backwards and forwards . It’s just like a game they play,...
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a fork in the road. IP. By MarciaMarcia

A Fork in The Road Inspiration point do we not live many lifetimes in the one where perhaps ninety springs of buds become blossomed summer’s piece...

Food of Love

A meagre diet.
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Poem of the week

Another Night On a Bare Mountain

Night on a Bare Mountain (aka Night on Bald Mountain) is a series of compositions written by composer Modest Mussorgsky (1839 – 1881). It was only...
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Maria's Diary 34

Chapter 34 Last Months in Hong Kong As ’midst the ever rolling sea, The eternal isles established be, ’Gainst which the surges of the main Fret, dash...
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For a while …

Her “will” was a “won’t” and her “won’t” was “I want”, but there’s safety in “don’t” and “No”, “Not now”, “Not anyhow” from loving parents with more...
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Story of the week

When Robert Left Helen

Chekhov, he reminded her, was dead at forty!
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Faces

We wear faces, until they wear us. Image created from PD components by author.
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The secrets we keep in the closet

I had successfully memorized the street corners to evade the anxiety of getting lost on my way back from the supermarket. Never mind that it took me...
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Love And Peace

Love And Peace by Paul McCann Wars are fought they’re won or lost love and peace will pay the cost to overcome or surrender, the conflict that we...

She Is So Beautiful

She’s So Beautiful By Paul McCann , She’s got beautiful eyes that make people smile and red lips that taste like heaven for a while, I love the way...

Disenchantment 37

They left the shower area walked into the break room, which had a window that allowed a little of the outside light into the room. “You’re going to...
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Disenchantment 36

***** South Dakota. It was all over and Hornblende decided that he would go to South Dakota. There had been an actual attack on the police station,...
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The Anthem of Decay: Prologue – The worship of graves

This is out of sequence with the previous posts, but will help to situate the ones posted.

The Return of Sport

Oh no! I do declare! That accusation is most unfair! It's perfectly true that my bottom was bare, And Mrs. Smyth-Higgins gave me a chilling glare,...
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WebWorld (1.13)

Well, I guess you know this is not the story of how I was jumped and killed – and eaten – by some gum-horror leaping out of the web. It was close...

Thirsting For Autumn

Dear diary...it's weekend of the 17th and 18th July 2021. This heat is so overwhelming it leaves me drained and longing for cooler days. Call of the...

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