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Twelve Bar Blues
I've always liked The Blues. As a teenager, I discovered British blues bands like The Yardbirds, The Animals, Stone The Crows etc and best of all...
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Chrysalis Banished To Earth compliment revision
By Curtis Ray Jones Fri, 17 Jul 2015 503 reads Chrysalis Emerald caverns carved in light, honeycombs of sheer delight And I, a joyful wonderer be, in...
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Banished To Earth, Book Two, Dreamscape (31)
Chapter 59 99 ‘I did that?’ Davin thought… ‘Not so dead after all. How? He made me mad. I lashed out. I just don’t know how. Anyway I hurt his head…...
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In plain sight
In all strains of life, scum rises to the top. From baths and basins to teacups and pints, scum can be identified and managed to preserve the...
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The Golden Acorn Chapter 9.
Chapter Nine. A Heart to give away. Babbin was helped to his feet by Prince Rogan and the Sergeant, who half carried, half dragged him to the bench...
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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 8.
Chapter Eight. Old Stones. Amanderella unfolded the Ordnance Survey map again. This time she didn’t look at the contour lines. She looked at the...
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Bron-57
Continued from Chapter 56: “Oh, Tommy, stop! Don’t touch them. You might catch a disease.” Three skulls grinned vacantly from the, chaotic,...
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How to Lose a Game of Chess
Set the board where the finish has thinned to a pale oval under the plates. Bring down the box. The lid sticks, then gives. Take white. Keep the one...
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Apeiron (Boundless)
Apeiron (Boundless) Before the world dreamed, cosmic imagery had governed the forces of energy. With its primordial art of perfection. Whose womb had...
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Blessed Sleep
Blessed Sleep Quietude hums a lullaby; softly falls at night. Dim the lights, listen as you close your eyes. My little ones: to heavenly melodies,...
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Killing Time
Killing Time Are you okay? You don’t look okay! It’s okay, If you’re not okay. Look up in wonder. What matters most? If it’s real, then I’ll stay...
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What Next?
Reality is chaos; we are all but atoms vibrating within its confines. We bounce and rebound from place to place, event to event, time to time; each...
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OurAmazing Life-Suit
The life-long constant beat of your heart, all the organs so busy, every part of your body in synchrony, symphony – lungs' regular rhythm – expansion...
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The Less Miserables Lose the Park (3)
Three months later. The park reopened on a Saturday in July. Dusty was there at dawn, before the construction crew even arrived, watching the first...
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Tell them I am Queen now - a short story
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Tell them I am Queen now - a short story The old king, Aethelrod, wasn't stirring. He sat on the throne in faded tattered ermine. His gaze was...
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Amanderella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 7.
Chapter Seven. Too Tall. Amanderella arrived at the Library just as Dotty was turning the key in the door. Morning light slanted through the tall...
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The Golden Acorn Chapter 8.
Chapter Eight. On to Wilford. Babbin was not in the inn. “He’s down in the village,” said one of the foresters. “I think he was heading for the...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (28)
Part 27 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-27 Billy had no idea what to do. High above was a witch’s giant face...
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The Less Miserables Lose the Park (2)
That night, Dusty made a list. He sat at his desk, the same desk where he'd made lists for the ramp project and Haley's lunches and all the other...
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The Less Miserables Lose the Park (1)
The chain-link fence went up on a Monday. Dusty stood in the parking lot, watching the construction crew unroll the temporary fencing around the bowl...
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