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My Brother's Mayo
Instead of behaving like a civilized Human Being, Hell was what he chose to raise. My brother had a fit because I used the last of his mayonnaise. I...
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A Hush Came Over The Valley
A Hush Came Over The Valley Wales is often touted as ‘The Land Of Song’ and rightly so. There are few choirs in the world that can match the blood-...
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#Child of Mine
A pearl of irregular shade At the heart of grief There’s a thief Who stole your breath – away And yet To commiserate, to celebrate Fragments of...
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twelve-noon-eight
In the early hours, a ghostly presence in a billowing black dress with sleeves gathered at the cuff, Sarah pushed heavy furniture aside and hoovered...
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A Liberal Declaration of Independence
Trump says he's a "nationalist" not a "globalist." A nationalist would take care of all of our citizenry, and wouldn't leave countless Americans with...
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Larry and Mick and the Aardvarks
“Get you’re coat, you’ve pulled,” said Larry. “Say what?,” said Mick. “You’ve pulled a thread on your cardigan, so you should not wear said vestment...
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12 Bar Baby
12 Bar Baby By Paul McCann My best friend is always sad, I wish his world were a rainbow hue So colour him well , he’s feeling mighty blue . 12 Bar...
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Mother 1
My name is Eunice, and I am an adopted child. I still say child and yet I am an adult. I'm on a plane now. I am going to visit my real or natural...
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Snowshoe Time
There’s a bite in the wind and our snowshoes know the trail. We’ve done it many times before. And now snow falls at a rapid pace our faces hardened...
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Not Everybody's Going Home
Serena leaned over the fountain and gathered two candles, one for her and one for Brooke. She pulled out a lighter from her pocket. “Meet Lady Luck...
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A Man of the Mountain - Something Really Stupid
Need to catch up? Link to the full collection here: https://www.abctales.com/collection/man-mountain-2018 9. Something Really Stupid The set was not...
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My Name is Jane
To Russia with love.
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The Bouvier
pulls herself to full attention as she arises in the am shuffles purposefully to her awaiting doggie-bowl. Breakfast requests itself to provide...
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Two Wee Men
This happened years ago, so there’s no good going back to check the ‘facts’ if you felt inclined to do so. I won’t tell you much anyway, except for...
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Dreel
dree (Scot.), vt endure, suffer. dreel (Scot.), n drill, space between the rows in Strathmore raspberry plantations [ field of dreams? ] The word...
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The Square Woodie
There is nothing better I like, when I am behaving myself at least, than exploring undiscovered woodland. Almost better than being there is seeing...
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clues
Pheonix feathers ruffle beneath the cherry trees on pavement by the letterbox and shed gold of a giant lion molten on the road's curve near the park'...
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My Best Mate
An abundance of adjectives. (An old writing exercise).
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The Darkness
The Darkness, it surrounds her, it consumes. The fear blinding and swirling around her. It surrounds her in this place called a room. Her mind is...
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