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Craven Gets Flashed 28

The pounding door caused Dwayne Dobbins to drop his knife and fork. “Do you suppose doors ever pound on their own?” he said. “What sort of question...

Heroes

As a whippersnapper I knew taking on the role of Randolph Scott meant being tall in the saddle and leading other riders to stop a cattle stampede and...

This moment

a reflection on the beauty of a moment
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Story of the week

You

You are writing a book. You worry if you will be able to write a book. If people will like it. If it will be a bestseller. Or sell even one copy. To...
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Disenchantment 28

***** She was driving on the freeway from UCLA to Castaic. It was slow-going through the San Fernando Valley, but when she hit Santa Clarita, traffic...

The internet is down

The internet is down. Ironically I had been planning to post a piece on my blog about how shit my internet provider is, but they've stopped that...

First Contact

The Door. They were just about to open it when it opened itself. Behind the door and inside their house stood a young woman. She was somewhere...

Changing Times

Brick wall. It had been a week and a half since their wedding but duty called. At the request of The Protectorate, Lore and Char had been overseeing...

Mom with her in-laws

Mom with her in-laws Hey Bou! We feel for you as at an early age,, ending your playing days your age being twelve or so arranged you to go your...
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Builder's Plaster

This is Jake Thackray channelling Barry Manilow. If you click on the link under the words you'll hear why. Enjoy the mistake, I'll correct it when I get time.
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The Anthem of Decay - Part 1

A very personal journey in five parts

Soul Scream

What a long and bloody struggle it has been : What angelic wonder!; What infernal horror! Sunny days of true love torn asunder : the beautiful...

Maria's Diary 29

Chapter 29 When the sun of bliss is beaming Light and love upon my way From the cross the radiance streaming Adds most lustre to the day. July, 1859...

Moonrouse

Toffee penny moon stuck in the low branches of the birch between sagging buildings here. Dog fox barks down the dark in its den under the arched elm...
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From dawn ’til …

The country sleeps … the beginning and ending of another day.
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3121 CE - The Wrapes of Grath

This [will be/has been] written in the future (3121 CE) by our evolutionary progeny (in the ruins left, after our apocalyptic demise) and [has been/will be] sent back to us as a warning, through a warped space-time wormhole. But yeah, we won’t pay heed… Note that ‘language’ [is/will be] different then… so it might sometimes be a little hard to understand... (too much koolaid???)
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A Little Girl

Would you like to go for a nice hike on a country trail with your bare feet on the cool grass where mosquitoes can tickle your toes? Would you like...

Extortion

‘Oh shit!’ David uttered as he saw the reflexion of the flash as the neighbours’ kids’ polaroid camera snaped against the shiny metal bin. ‘Caught...
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At my mom, Her grandkids

At my mom, Her grandkids Hey Bou! At you your grandkids laugh and say with you, on their Ludu play the world you used to forget when dots were set...
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