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Then and Now
A writing class exercise to write a science fiction story. Could well be science fact
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Slipping Through The Net - Poppy Poppies Part Three.
My Husband Paul was listening to the radio, this week, and he was listening to a modern-day soldier, who had been to Iraq and other places. He’d lost...
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Squash is in Season
"Have a happy Halloween!" "Don't tell me how to live my life," I said. "Cheeky prick." He scuttled off back to his cheeky prick parents stood waiting...
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Spaghetti
Should I teach you how to cook a proper spaghetti Bolognese? You’ve got to learn how to make things from scratch. I looked on your shelves and you...
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Tins of things
All this food we’re eating tells a story about Britain. These cupboard doors are wobbly, maybe this isn’t as nice a kitchen as we thought when we...
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Milk
She says she’s lactose intolerant but I think she just misses her dad, a milkman, who sat down on his armchair two Boxing Days ago and never work up...
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Alien Opportunities Ch.1 : New Opportunities Part 1
Chris is unhappy with his nine to five job, and finds out that the alien arrival, to live amongst us on Earth, has created new opportunities for work in alien employment.
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A Prose By Any Other Name
With apologies to Will.
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Harvest!
Apples galore, trees shaken to pour fall flood …
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The Time Comes to Fly
She wants to blame the girl. She tries to blame the girl. It was the girl who’d swum in out of the blue and slid into Roddy’s life and started...
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The One That Got Away
I never got near enough to know for sure whether she was mermaid or maiden. All I know is that she was alluring beyond all endurance. But how do you...
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Hey Friends, Prodigal
Hey Friends, Prodigal Hey pals! Why do you shy away from the company of friends to swing and sway to relieve yourself from old age misery that only...
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My Neighbor Thought Ted Bundy Wasn't A Serial Killer
One of my neighbors said something that was as stupid as can be. It was the dumbest thing I've ever heard and it really shocked me. When I said that...
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Peppa Pig.
Last Saturday, my Husband Paul asked me to buy a potty for our grandson Darius. So, I went to TKMaxx first, I looked in the kids’ section, but there...
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Cricket Alley
The Shocking Conclusion
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GI Joe and the Johnny Pump
I was once one of God’s little soldiers, off to church to confess my sins and make an act of contrition. Forgive me father . . . Say three Our...
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Parlez-vous français?
The art of communication.
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