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The First Corduroys of Fall
I take a deep breath of excitement as an Autumn chill shivers my spine whilst I suck it in and zip up my wrinkly old brown corduroy trousers; my ever...
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Age (ain't nothing but a number)
you know what they say age ain't nothing but a number i don't run the race with the new cars give me an old one life has so many roads to it it goes...
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We were best friends
i don't know how we come to this day i am so stubborn like you the judge decided how this should be and the lawyers argue away all we did was shout...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 5
Perfidia pulled into the parking area of the Arcane Gardens and Pet Rescue and stared at the nondescript building ahead with a skeptical eye. “It...
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Life and Times of a Priestess : Ch.14 : The New Lovers : Part 2
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Priestess Danella and wealthy Valery encourage mistress Jeanette and civil servant Mireau in an alternative world, not dissimilar to our own, perhaps a century or more before now.
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It’s Just A Matter of Fact
It’s Just A Matter of Fact By Paul McCann There’s always friends and lovers and others who just pretend , don’t be fooled by anybody with who you can...
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3 Questions
Unlike most I love getting cold sales calls - here is what happened today ... Caller - Hello Mr So n So my name is Lisa Im calling from Blarr blarr...
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The Things We Think We Know
They tell me I am human, with a past and a family, with a life I don’t remember, and with reasons to take up life again, and live it fully. I look...
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Alien Murmuration - Chapter 1 (1986)
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I see that sign again; it seems like every time I get on this bus I see it. Is it on every bus or do we use this bus most days? I am not sure why I...
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Mysterious Times
It’s dark. The tent is like a pimple beside lake shore. Mosquitoes absent themselves from windy space devoid of trees & grass. That sound. Leaves...
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1:2:9 Sanctuary (Part 3)
“Now isn’t that interesting.” The commander turned from her computer to Ace and Midpoint. “We’ve just had a complete computer failure in the airlock...
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1:2:9 Sanctuary (Part 2)
They were led to a building at the base of the transmitter. It loomed above them. While the clones knew that Sanctuary Point was a military...
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1:2:9 Sanctuary (Part 1)
Buzzing. There was a faint hiss coming from the panel. “Present identification.” A synthetic voice croaked from the intercom. Ace held the card to...
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JEZ.
My son Daniel, four years ago he moved into a studio flat. It was in bad condition. Lots of things did not work in there. The lighting, the cooker...
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Could You Imagine?
A short about acceptance—even apathy—for the scale of everything.
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The Storyteller And The Songbird
The Storyteller And The Songbird by Paul McCann He was sitting by the lagoon and the afternoon was fading into a long twilight of the summer ...
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In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Five of Six)
Parts One to Four at: https://www.abctales.com/collection/vale-shadow-king In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Five of Six) Grandpa Rhys was waiting...
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The time capsule
The reunion that never happened
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Ugly Puggly 83
I holed up in Ugly Puggly’s house with a litre of vodka and some cans. The electricity was still gubbed. Rain washed up against the windows like a...
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The Stars Misaligned
A short story exploring the woes of nostalgia, when one is convinced that better days have passed. (small update, the story I had planned about death and mourning will now be a much longer work; it has not been easy finding the time and energy to write lately)
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