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The Cellist /Adolphina

THE CELLIST @paulbarrellbooks Am I destined to be alone in my beloved ‘City of Light’? I do not speak these words; they are mere thoughts circling in...
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What, or Who, can you lean on?

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Trusting in his riches – riches fail, he’ll fall. Trusting in the Saviour – flourishing through all. Earthly...
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A Bad Sport

A Bad Sport Yi should see the motors in the car park – thirs a Bentley, a Porsche and an Aston Martin. Am sittin’ on the wee knee-high wall opposite...
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Four Legged Mary
Four legged Mary was kidnapped by fairies, they taught her to dance, but didn’t enhance her, no way. Hairy old Mary was not so much scary as wary and...
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Mother Of The Morning
. Mother Of The Morning by Paul McCann . Mother of the morning the dark night has gone I open my eye . Mother of the morning I think of your presence...
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WebWorld (1.11)

Getting the hell out was well and good. But we needed a plan. And since I’d been thinking about this pretty solidly for weeks on end, I’d started to...
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Life and Times of a Priestess : Ch.13 : New Friends In Dumis : Part 2 : Communication (Section 1)
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Danella, the Priestess of Pirion, recieves invitations from rich businessman Valery. She regards him as a new friend. She explains to her new friend Jeanette her delicate relationships with General Ravelleon and Mireau. This is a continuing fantasy, the adventures of a Priestess of Pirion among the socialites of Prancir, which is occupying parts of her homeland.
The Ceasefire
They sat. The Rexian gave the holographic tables another look. In an instant, his face cycled from anger to confusion and back again. “Lies!...
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The Rexian
Space, again. They were back aboard The Destiny and making their way to the planet’s surface. The descent had gotten easier since their last visit...
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Monday Morning in the Rain
Summer slow day and smiles are hard to give, where nothing is said or done. We cannot find new ways to triumph, where joy is staring at us as if an...
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A Flag of Convenience

...and an unpaid bill. (Flash fiction - 475 words)
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Repatriation

Coming home from war: Will things be as before? will Nellie be waiting? will the country be grateful for what we have done – has freedom been won...
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WebWorld (1.10)

The air-drops came. And then the air-drops stopped coming. I used to like this apartment for its view. That view went sideways during the apocalypse...
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Maria's Diary 33
Chapter 33 What happened to Yeh after the war Both Man and Time have power O'er suffering, dying men; But Death arrives, and in that hour The soul is...
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Disenchantment 35
As he walked through the courtyard, something seemed a bit off. Hector was there, but not in his normal lounging place, which made sense because it...
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Disenchantment 34
***** It was hot out, so horrifically hot, and he was sweating. The discomfort reached a level that started to pull him out of the fog, out of the...
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Country Life
I do like rambles, Especially picking brambles. But it can be mud and scrambles. In which case it's just a shambles, So I'm off tut pub instead (...
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Smudge

A poem written by a more broken Me. With a response from a higher or more enlightened Me.
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Daydreaming on Guildford High Street
A poem about love and how easy it is to think about those that we love and lust after
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WebWorld (1.9)

She threaded her way through the crowd, trying not to push, but hearing my voice and hearing its desperation, which added to her own fear when she’d...
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