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The Nature of Truth
The fundamental questions we must ask are: What , How , Why ? “What?” concerns physical observations and experiments, and records kept, consisting of...
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Evergreen Forest
Your Majesty, you are old, and fresh as the newborn day, swathed in green and brown, sun-kissed. The snow, cold at your feet. Your shoots shall bear...
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The Masque of the Red-Faced Boris
This is the twelfth entry in the satirical series at https://www.abctales.com/collection/pandemic-tales-bojo-and-co The Masque of the Red-Faced Boris...
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Broken Ability Part 1-2
The next morning when I awoke father was gone. It was first light. The hut felt empty and cold without his safe presence. My stomach growled just as...
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Christmas Is Cancelled. Part Three.
For some background you may like to look at parts one and two. Part one was written, 20.11.2017A.D. and Part two was written 26.11.2021A.D. I had...
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Broken Ability Part 1-1
“Wake up, son! It’s time to tend the field!” I opened my eyes then shut them again against the bright early sun. “Up, up, up!” Father said, tugging...
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Even Croesus Had To Sleep
The billions have nothing The billionaires the lot. Sorry won’t be enough. A bowl of pasta once a day, While rocket ships just fly away. Sorry won’t...
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DRAGON WOK RESTAURANT:Chapter Two
Chapter Two The Fateful Journey: In the morning, Peter was awoken by whining tires as vehicles rushed over a busy overpass. He wasn’t wearing his...
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THE DRAGON WOK RESTAURANT: Chapter one
ABOUT THE AUTHOR. First and foremost, I am happily retired at seventy-one. It's a little late to start writing, but that’s the beautiful thing about...
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A Country Practice
I can’t believe we’re driving all the way to Finchester, it’s right in the middle of nowhere, and there’s nothing there when you get there.” “They’re...
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The First Hurrah
I know a woman whose body was full of pain but her heart held much love in spite of such a claim. She raised three children in the midst of some...
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THE DOG PARK
SUMMARY: SUMMARY: How does a story happen? What were you thinking when the story was born? I was writing another story about the existence of God and this idea popped into my brain. Humanity is on the cusp of annihilation, similar to my ending.
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Shared values
Does it shed needles? Nah! Why would it do that if it’s not dead? It’s a living thing is this tree, not a blinking boa constrictor. That’s what the...
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Christmas Feast
Traumatised shoppers stumbled through the Christmastime aghast, minds blown not by the money-saving bargains but by the sheer pointless masochism and...
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Christmas Is A Long Time Coming
Christmas Is A Long Time Coming By Paul McCann It’s a long time coming but that special something you had has gone away . Sometimes I miss you more...
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rainbow nights
sparkling starlight in you eyes moonshine silver kissed glittering magic sands run night visions and forgotten tales vague as in a glass in a dream...
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Noah's Ark
He had worked very hard to ensure that no troubles would occur and therefore he'd only allowed couples.
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"In the bleak midwinter..."
A little festive diversion away from my Undertakers saga, well, elements of it anyway
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Nativity
An old poem I've revised for Christmas.; and by way of my greeting to all at ABCtales, not least our editorial team who keep this ship afloat. So may you all have a blessed Christmas and a peaceful New Year; as we can hope for 2024 for our conflicted world. Dougie
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Consequences of God becoming man
y oung ruler … Z acchaeus … the baby came and grew and then Jesus, the man, so cared that we may live anew …
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