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Litany for the Remainder
Say it again. Say it again. Say it until the saying wears a groove in the dark, until the groove becomes a road, the road a rut, the rut a grave that...
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Shortwave Memories
Shortwave Memories When are you asked to recall a situation? Where we disagreed, your memory, pivot. Toward short-wave frequencies. Followed by an...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (30)

Part 29 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-29 A front door stands slightly ajar, an arcane terraced house seemingly...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (29)

Part 28 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-28 THE WESTERN HERALD 11 hours ago 2 min read Child abductees return...
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The Way of Time
The Way of Time Time is the essence of life; it’s the key ingredient that lies in every heartbeat, an urgency that flows With every breath we take...
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Forbidden Dance
Forbidden Dance Our voices drown in the low tide of our secrets. That still paints a silver moon on the ripples of water. Because it dances between...
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The 13th Anniversary

When Dad was a child, he stole a pack of cigarettes. It turned out to be something that he would regret. His mom spanked him and made him return the...
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Luke & Finley hunt for dinosaurs
Luke & Finley go searching for dinosaurs Luke and Finley McGinnis set out one day in search of dinosaurs. The other kids had called them silly. “...
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Dog Days

Dog Days Lingering on the back seat, threadbare tartan rug, paw prints in paisley, dust preserved in amber. I think of chiffon, fur coloured ebony,...
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The Way We Heard - Rein Me In

In the week that I wrote this (early July 2026) Rein Me In , by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean was the number one record in the UK Singles Chart.
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Alice, her doll & the Gibbering Mouse
(An updated and expanded version of an older scene from my series. Working on showing, instead of telling) Down the hill from Merrihaven—past the...
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The Painter at the Crucifixion

Inspired by Francisco de Zurbaran
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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 9
Chapter Nine. The Rescue. The Library was still open. Dotty was at her desk, sorting a small pile of returned books. She looked up as Amanderella...
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The Shadow Chapter 1.
Chapter One. 18 Years Later. John Clothman was a Draper, and not just any Draper, as he often reminded people, but the finest in the land. He boasted...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Disappearing Vicar Chapter 2
Chapter 2. The Mystery is Revealed. Amanderella closed the door behind them. Lady Spruckmedder remained standing for a moment, as though arranging...
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The Violation of the Playing Field
The sports arena, whether for tennis, sepak takraw, or football, is humanity’s most refined model for resolving conflict without bloodshed. In early...
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This Moment
This Moment Silence echoes a hum: listening for a whisper in static. That rests away beyond the mountain path, at waterfalls, Edge. While moving back...
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Above it all
Above it all In motion. Light as a dream on feathers. This floating state. For only a moment. Sings like a song through cottonwood trees. Distant...
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Voices

Do you hear them too? I think - but don't know - it must be like this.
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A story for Nephew Luke.
“Washing Elephants and shooing away monkeys.” Far away, across, a very big ocean, lived four small children in a grass hut with a broken T.V set...
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