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The Last Time I Saw Fungie (2005)

By marandina on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

Cumulus clouds rolled across Celtic, Irish skies, white horses crested cyan waves - chopped, rose and fell, a streaming wake trailed, leading back to...
Nature
Poem
Certificate U

Maria's Diary 5

By jeand on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

2 May, 1830 William came to a party at our house this week and says how much he enjoys a sociable get together. He told us that earlier in the week,...
Journal
Biography
Certificate U

May

By alphadog1 on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

She’s beautifully mad, with lucid light-laughter, And wild heat glitters, from her soft golden eyes. Her virginal petals: begin pert -nearly- saintly...
Romance
Poem
Certificate 12
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The Grand Yew - All Saints' Church

By bhi on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

paying homage to a 700 year old Yew
Poem
Certificate 15
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Eighteen - A Bonfire, And Some Vanities

By TheShyAssassin on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

By a complete coincidence, at exactly the same time that Elena was reading about the village bonfire night in the Bugle, Martyn was dialling the...
Romance
Story
Certificate 15
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A Lack of Application(s)

By luigi_pagano on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

Confession of an ignoramus.
Humour
Poem
Certificate U
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Relics of the Gods

By Robert C.J Emmett on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

Chapter 10 - Delphi - After two weeks of travel and no closer to Lysander. Atheas, Sirosa and Odysseus finally reach Delphi, stopping into a local...
Fantasy
Story
Certificate 12

The Love Vaccine

By Kilb50 on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

A short tale about vaccine hesitancy (300 word flash fiction)
Story
Certificate 12

Post-Lockdown

By drkevin on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

Alex and Amber sat in the Palm Court Hotel waiting for the waitress. The place was heaving with post-lockdown celebrants, hoovering up large...
Surreal
Rant
Humour
Opinion
Other Fiction
Miscellaneous
Story
Certificate 15

DO YOU BELIEVE IN DRAGONS part 3 section 2

By Annette Bromley on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

PART 3 CONTINUED: Many of these peoples had gods that were described as flying serpents and we have fossils and skeletons of dinosaurs that we know...
Talecatching
Story
Certificate U

DO YOU BELIEVE IN DRAGONS part 3

By Annette Bromley on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

Do You Believe In Dragons Part 3 The Chinese, Japanese, the Egyptians, the peoples of India and other oriental Far East and Middle East nations are...
Talecatching
Story
Certificate U

Her Wilting Regrets

By mcscraic on Wed, 24 Mar 2021

Her Wilting Regrets By Paul McCann She was found to wilt . With words she scours . Ivory towers . The thick walls she built . Well tarnished with...
Other Non-fiction
Poem
Certificate U

Three Colleens From Eire

By mcscraic on Wed, 24 Mar 2021

Three Colleens From Eire By Paul McCann Three colleens from Eire . Three colleens so fair . There was Moira and Mary and Ishla so fair. The beauty of...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U

Virus 19/3/21 by Wendy Kirtley

By David Kirtley on Wed, 24 Mar 2021

25 Million Vaccines given, Still 6,000 new cases today, People still dying, 65 today! Still in lockdown, 11 weeks up to now, Though things are...
Surreal
Talecatching
Rant
Reviews
Unclassified
Other Non-fiction
Historical Fiction
Opinion
Miscellaneous
Journal
Poem
Certificate PG

Relics of the Gods

By Robert C.J Emmett on Wed, 24 Mar 2021

Chapter 9 - The Relic - Knowing they are home they rush to their families, Sirosa making a sprint for his home to see his mother, Jane, while...
Fantasy
Story
Certificate 12
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Pad Life 15: Princess and the Crone

By airyfairy on Wed, 24 Mar 2021

Once upon a time, in a reality far, far away, there lived a young woman. Let’s call her…oh…I don’t know…Princess. Why not? (A totally fictional story in a totally fictional reality with totally fictional people.) Purple Day logo used with permission of Purple Day UK.
Rant
Other
Certificate 15

T-Bar Tommy

By mcscraic on Wed, 24 Mar 2021

T-Bar Tommy By Paul McCann T- Bar Tommy had driven trucks for most of his working life and even still as he approached retirement he was out there on...
Other Non-fiction
Story
Certificate U

A Coiled Spring

By forest_for_ever on Wed, 24 Mar 2021

Release The Coiled Spring Tight and tensioned ‘neath Terra firma Lifeless, cold dark days slumbered past Bristling tension stirs, seeking sun Coiled...
Nature
Poem
Certificate U

Golden Contemporaries: An Update

By drkevin on Wed, 24 Mar 2021

A while ago I mentioned some of the more interesting neighbours I'd had over the years. These included the chap who'd built up an impressive...
Surreal
Romance
Humour
Other Fiction
Miscellaneous
Journal
Autobiography
Biography
Certificate 15

On The Edge of Blades Chapter 4

By Slater on Wed, 24 Mar 2021

Syra fiddled with the sleeves of her ragged tunic. It had been days since she had bathed, and she suspected that- if not for the sulfur candles- her...
Young Writers
Fantasy
Story
Certificate 12

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