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Recognizing A Hero In Addict
Recognizing A Hero In Addict How I won my life and death battle with addiction, but am still fighting to change the narrative on a war waged by it's...
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The Songwriter - Chapter 8

The Songwriter Chapter Eight Return To Shore On a cold night in Blarney Street I was taken in from the rain by a tenant of a building who saw me...
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Present

Today's gift wrapped in light. Birdsong as foil ribbon unspools, bright slipping trills tying time together. The woods' snowdrops have come! Beside...
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Thomas Wilson
Thomas Wilson Thomas Wilson washed his hands in the sink for the fifth time and dried them on his jeans. He could fill a bucket of hot water and soap...
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Dancers in the Dark part 1
Dancers in the Dark I could have started; it was a dark and stormy night. Or a full moon played hide and seek amongst the clouds. But it wasn’t. It...
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Dancers in the dark part 2
As the moon cleared the garden wall he pulled himself up the gate until he was standing, legs week and shaking but standing as he looked around...
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Leaving Europe - All At Sea
Defying geography, this country has set sail across the Atlantic, figuratively at least, into the flabby embrace of an impeachable president soon to...
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The First Time
I dared to drink coffee and it burned into my soul -- nasty and harsh. I was only eight or ten at the time. Continuous activities earned me King of...
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The Songwriter - Chapter 7 Part 2

The Songwriter Chapter Seven Over The Waves Part 2 People passed me by on the street and they wished me all the best and I exchanged another greeting...
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In the woods ... WHAT? In the woods!!
I actively encourage the recurring dream of a cartoon bear wearing my pyjamas. He's part of the family now. At first it was just a dream of a bear...
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A poetry collection has to use the word 'water.'
Spooky Water Scientific Water Austrian Water Not My Water Cylindrical Water Waterfall Water Sunshine Water Bodily Water Secret Water Wellington Water...
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The Songwriter - Chapter 7 Part 1

The Songwriter A novel by Paul McCann Chapter Seven Over The Waves Part 1 It was just after December 1988 and winter was setting in . The crossing...
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House sitting
House sitting I cannot be bothered to spend a long time packing. Just throwing a few things in, my Victoria Secret underwear, the black sequined bra...
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Rounding Third and Headed for Home
Rounding Third Base and Headed for Home. It is now almost eleven weeks after the accident that ruined my left arm. And, it is nearly nine weeks after...
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Calban Attends A Concert : A Night Out (Ch.17) Part 1
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Calban, who has recently joined the Neo Creadd discussion/ political group, is persuaded to go for a social night out at a Lifestyler concert, where he sees the musical and cultural underground for the first time in person. He is attracted to the women, but shy of them, relaxed by the alcohol, and excited by the possibilities. This is set in Marta City in the continent of Gallanol, in the Modern Age.
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You've gotta walk the dog
"At the end of the day, you have to walk the dog, or what sort of person are you?" "Absolutely true, Dave," said Jack. "Daft Vader here goes bonkers...
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N1 Highway
This stretch of road they call the hell highway, past near that familiar silhouette of the famous ghost house of Pretoria. My brother had an accident...
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Untitled.
Halo stood there taking it all in. Breathing in every word on the parchment. Feeling every beat of her unsteady heart. Thoughts gathered in clusters...
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Chapter 3
Ember glared at the castle ahead of her. She couldn’t stand the government. If it was up to her, she would gladly have a Neko or Fisguoion in the castle, running things then a rasis human any day. People say therefore humans hate them, but they pushed them to these extremes. They claim they did nothing, but they did. It was only 147 years ago that they made it illegal to kill the other species for their trademarks, for Neko’s it was their ears and tails, killing them. It only got worse until the species united to fight against the government.
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One Good Turn

This is a repost. I wrote it many years ago at the beginning of an OU CW course. I've fiddled with it, but not much, and there's a picture of a house on 'Montevista', which is not the Urbanización's real name, but nearly is. Image is author's own.
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