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1999

A symbol tells us that we should party as this is the year it is Lou tells us that this day is 'perfect' and that he's glad that he's spent it with...

I, Eyvindur: To the Land of Wine (I - Ginnung)

Ginnung; from Ginnungagap: " the bottomless abyss that was all there was prior to the creation of the cosmos. Following Ragnarök, everything should return to Ginnungagap. "

I, Eyvindur: To the Land of Wine (Preface & Glossary)

PREFACE Under the Mongol Empire's hegemony over Asia, Europeans had long enjoyed a safe land passage – the Silk Road – to the Indies and China...

Thunderwyrm VII

Part VII of Thunderwyrm Fiara's sowing has been reaped in the bounty of life. Around her, the world seems one resolved; she does not feel anything close to it. She needs allies that will last, not the responsibility of a nation.
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Island Hideaway - Chapter 6 Eddie

"This is crap," were the first words Eddie ever said to me. This was our second day at University, at the Clyne welcome disco (Clyne was our halls of...

Chadpocalypse - 2:15 I'm Still Standing

It's been a while, but I've written the full book of Chadpocalypse. My goal for the first bit of the new year is to get this first draft edited and...
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Island Hideaway 5 - Coma Hide and Seek​

"Is she dead?"​​ ​​"Of course she's not dead. Why would I bring you a dead body? She's in a coma."​​
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Island Hideaway 4​ - Scrambled Egg​

"You put me off my scrambled egg." Those was the first words Mo ever said to me. ​​ ​​I was a DJ on the University radio station, Shreek 963. We had...

New Year's Resolution

A senryu
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Enablers for the special 10

…for sensitive surgery and superb creativity of music and art.
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Somehow

Another nugget of fool's gold from the digital mines... No known copyright issues for original photograph of Argentine Death Flight victims... fiddled with by author.
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Old Glory Returns

Written (quite) a few years ago, when the US re-established diplomatic relations with Cuba. Posted today, because I was looking for something else on an old hard-drive and found it... just next to an unfinished novel or three... Image source is Wiki Commons, it is in the Public Domain as it was taken so long ago...

Burning Bridges

hmmm... it's not about bridges... image created by writer from open source original.
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The Octopus That Jumped

The Octopus That Jumped By Paul McCann Once upon a time long before there was a concrete jungle there was a huge block of ice that covered the most...

Tinker Greenwood

Tinker Greenwood By Paul Mc Cann Jimmy was a tinker who roamed around from pillar to post in city and country alike . He had a horse and cart from...
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comfort and joy (another go at this)

beside a garage the magnolia grew in grace, still-dance of slender curves, smooth grey stem arcs, loose laced, spacing light. Buds slept - tight...

The Tree Of Life

The Tree Of Life By Paul McCann The year was 2070 and inside Sanctuary City the celebrations for Earth Memorial Day were taking place . People were...

Hog Jowls and Black-Eyed Peas

It was a meal that my late mom cooked but it sure didn't please. Every New Year Day, Mom cooked hog jowls and black-eyed peas. I always ate it but it...
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Angel 91 (birth blues)

Pippa banged on the doors and shouted for the guards. Other prisoners joined in, pranging plastic mugs on windows, mucking about and glad to make a...

Ten To One

A poem with one pun too many for a man who had one bet too many....ten years without a bet
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