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I didn’t think you would’ve listened
A little ditty I wrote about how depression just creeps up unexpectedly, and all the emotions that follow. Having depression to me, really does feel like some kind of ghost that stalks you at every corner.
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No More
Some Flash Fiction (under 400 words) Picture from Pixabay. As the family of four made short bread cookies, Dave saw Kathy rub her ever expanding...
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DIY
there are things which cannot and should not be fixed
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the Art Beast
She is a werewolf-like creature: her black hair gelled and preened, yellow sea-horse earrings hanging from canine lobes, a dress of blue-green...
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There are times
For my mother and hers
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Fluency
Deja vu. - (Flash fiction, 400 words)
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The Boonhill Murder Case (2)
"I'm going to see Boson," Kit said. "To find out if this Gibson chap arrived alone. You stay here," he said to Megson," start the door to door...
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WebWorld (1.3)
Well, we bloody found out. And it all started out so small, so tiny. I remember walking home from work and just happening to glance down at the...
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Disenchantment 30
He turned back to the older woman. “Mrs. Higgins. She is a postmaster, and you should talk to her about your ideas for changing the post office. She...
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Thinking Through The Trees
A poem
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The Boonhill Murder Case (1)
Kit Handsome was woken in the middle of the night by the ringing of the urgent phone. The urgent phone had been put in place when he started his job...
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Brain Hemorrhage
As I sat on the last bus home at 4am I started to regret downing that last brain haemorrhage cocktail as if it was water. It looked like a brain in a...
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Old friend
The dinner table is too wide for the both us. I will cut the legs. If you please, Come sit with me on the floor.
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Enough
As I reclined on the black leather chair, dozing, reading James Patterson’s new novel in the front room, the alien sound of the letter box clunked...
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The Nicotine Addict
What is Nicotine? A highly toxic poisonous chemical that works on the central nervous system both as stimulant or tranquilliser, the physiological...
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Daydreamer
Sitting doodling spirals and gazing up at the sky looking for inspiration, I saw a sparrow hawk fly overhead which inspired this poem. Speak to me...
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A Toolkit For Happiness
One of those desiderata things. I made the image at canva.com (I know, quality design, eh?)
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Where The Streets Have No Blame
I pass you on the desolate streets, huddled under weather-worn blankets, in dimly lit, dank shop doorways, the smell of wandering urine is acidic,...
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Maria's Diary 30
Chapter 30 Sweet are Joys of Home Pure and sweet for they Like Dews of Morn and Evening Come To Wake and Close the Day I will try to give a flavour...
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To Kate and her Deben
To Kate and her Deben Salute I at the start to the duo from heart for their love, honest a gift from Lord’s closet that leapt across without toss...
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