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The Boy Who Caught The Wind
The Boy Who Caught The Wind By Paul McCann Once upon a time in Windy City there lived a boy called Nifty Nipper . At the sports carnival he always...
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Angel (90) Retrial
After a few months a guard took Angel to see Mr Howard, her Queen’s Counsel, in one of the holding pens near the church. Pippa and the rest of the...
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Plygain [plug-I-n] songs

[Welsh plygain (historically very early Christmas morning carol singing meetings) carols are simple but rich in content, doctrine, and with intensity of rhyme and consonant pattern … ] Wisdom came to the world that morn, Christ Jesus born, Word precious …
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MovieLand! (A Christmas Story. Part 3)
Read part 2 here: https://www.abctales.com/story/drewgummerson/movieland-christmas-story-part-2 Part 3 Some researcher based at Leicester University...
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7 Years Back

Seven years ago tonight, I went to my late parents house and spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with them. It was the last Christmas that I was...
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MovieLand! (A Christmas Story part 2)
Part 2 Read part 1 here - https://www.abctales.com/story/drewgummerson/movieland-christmas-story-p... While the two boys shaded in the wind turbines...
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forgive
*/ I don’t forgive you. My god, I have tried. I have thought I had. But, I don’t. It doesn’t matter if you deserve it. It doesn’t matter if one day...
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MovieLand! (A Christmas Story. Part 1)

I was supposed to be the authority but it had to be said they were probably right, the duck did appear to be dying. It wasn’t a spectacular death,...
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In the Bleak Midwinter

This is a group portrait. Captain Oates, reindeer gloves, ski pole, thousand-yard stare into camera. An expert in horseflesh, born in India. He told...
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Angel 89 (Panto)
Angel was in the audience for the Christmas panto in the multi-faith arena, Jack and the Bean crop, but she knew every line as Pippa played Jack and...
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The Day Before Christmas
I’d like to have sex Tonight, but I won’t. I’ll watch trash tv Exhausted, alone. But I will sleep warm. Don’t cry at self pity. My belly is full. Don...
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Those Were The Days

Just a dear diary entry and a bit of fun inspired by the I P, about meeting with a Hawkwind freak at the Bristol Locarno when I was a teenager. Do...
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Alien Opportunities Ch.2 : An Introduction To The Alien Household Part 3

Chris has been invited by Braidt, the alien wife of his alien boss, to assist in her relaxation. He is drawn by his own needs and curiosity, but also repulsed or beset by guilt. He fears the reaction of his boss. By assisting the alien he explores more of his human nature.
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Dusty Springs
Dusty Springs – A short story by Paul McCann . Life lay limpy all over dusty Derbyvale . Gone now the grind of tractor and harvester from the once...
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The Keeper Of Baughavilla
The Keeper Of Baughvilla A short story by Paul McCann Little Jimmy was part of a poor family who never had some of the comforts that most other...
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Hair dryer
We cannot find words to comfort or understand, I try to explain; that’s not who I am. But the things I said are written in my hand. You sit on the...
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Pretend

She knows the routine. She expects the routine. She’s home from work, hanging up her coat, turning the heat pump on, when she gets his call. “Hey,...
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Run and Run Some More
What kind of animal ventures along such a path hoof prints mired in the bottom of a puddle melting within the darkness of a muddy splat? Was it one...
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Mistletoe & Holly (a parody)

Under the mistletoe.
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this is me

In this magical place I stay, Bullies I leave far away, My only friend, imagination, Free from all indignation Negativity I tend to resent No need in...
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