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The Doll's House Chapter 3.

Chapter Three . The Clerks’ Office. Sophrayni left the cottage at dawn. Her boots were damp with forest dew as she rode toward the royal palace...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 4. April. Part 2.

Maxie’s panic-stricken dash had brought him and us to the Willow Grove. This was a triangular patch of grass between two fields. The trees grew on...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 4. April.

Chapter Four. Maxie. "Hey up," said Noddy. "Here comes Maxie." The gang were sat on the wall of No.72 at the bottom of Andy’s Bank. "Grotty little...
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Night walking

There's a beauty to the bridge
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Keep On (2)

The lighter went out on its own when the fuel in the neck ran low, and he let it. He lay in the dark of the corner with the bulb behind him and...

A Diatribe

A dire situation. (Image by Jean-Louis SERVAIS from Pixabay)
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Frankenplot - The Gentleman's Wardrobe - Part 1

‘Oh so this is where you put the wardrobe?’ Gwen stood back to admire the handsome piece of furniture, rubbing her fingers across the surface of the...
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Dear Therapist Lady

I spilt my guts on the couch again I went blah, blah, blah, blah I was torn again But maybe this time I’ll have cleared up my head, with no need to...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 2.March. Part 2.

I went. When I got home, I got changed and had a wash. Before tea I went into the yard and began tidying up my 'rubbish'. It did not take long to...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 2.March.

Chapter Three. Grandad's Sweet peas. Uncle Joe had bought an old car and rebuilt it. During the summer he had offered to take my parents and me out...
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The Doll's House Chapter 2.

Chapter Two. The Kingdom and the Housemaker. Long ago, when the kingdom was being shaped from warring baronies and forgotten borders, a wise king...

Giving thanks

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] So much harvest lost in war. So much harvest still to share, though sometimes greed will steal the store...

Song Of The Bogong’s

Song Of The Bogong’s By Paul McCann The bush fires arrived around the mountains and valleys like a flame throwing monster from the sky and raged for...
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Keep On (1)

The water came out of the kitchen tap cold and stayed cold. Martin Shoup let it run while he counted to sixty, the way he always did, then shut it...

Mist

Mist The lake stretched out before him, its detail veiled by a thin layer of water vapour. The mist drifted across the surface almost seeming to have...
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Coined (Episode 40 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))

In which Gwladys returns home, interrupting Aefelthrith's night (again) and breakfast brings revelations and plans.
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The Doll's House Chapter 1.

Chapter One: The Cottage and the Doll’s House. The Witch’s Cottage . In the Dark Forest, just a little way off the forest road, stood a cottage. It...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 2 February. part 2

The school's star player was being made to look stupid and the team was losing to a bunch of no-hopers who only did games because they were not given...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 2. February.

Chapter Two. Finnegan. Stew and I were working on my bike in the back yard. The chain kept slipping off so it needed tightening. "Billy, take this...

Crying Out

Crying Out By Paul McCann I’m crying out for heaven sake, where's the break . Seems to me the more I give . the more they take. I’ve waited and I’ve...

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