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Church
A young man, of around thirty, strolled through the intimidating arches of the village church. He took a seat next to an older woman, perhaps in her...
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Cabbie
I got into a cab just off Trafalgar square at around noon on what I recall was a Wednesday. My trench coat was appropriate for the season, and my...
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The Taste of the Newspaper with a Cup of Tea
I feel so lazy to get up in the morning. But, once up, the day starts working as if everything has been fed like that in a computer. The taste buds...
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The Flag
Make no mistake South-Africa was preparing for full scale war. The enemy being “The Communists” with the “state religion” of Atheism, who were...
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Chapter 27 Children of the Moon
Chapter 27 Children of the Moon “Captain,” Alexander murmured easing down beside of Kia. The Captain pushed his body up as if it weighed a thousand...
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Entertaining my demons
I wake with a jolt. I've just kicked the wooden window-ledge with the third toe of my left foot - the same one that struck N's laptop screen edge-on...
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Bad Poetry
It came from the window, it crept under my bed It clicked and it hissed, it wanted me dead So I closed my eyes, pretended it was through When I...
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Mansion (1)
Mansion 1. When I happened upon that foul place, it was the summer of 1991. The house looked as though it had been ripped straight from the Victorian...
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running in the rain
There is something compelling and slightly unsettling the way the rain strikes my face hits my cheeks and my lips. Droplets drum a delightful pattern...
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Goodbye, Yvonne Craig
You starred as Batgirl and as the green babe in an episode of Star Trek. You died of breast cancer and your fans and family's lives are a wreck...
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Chapter 26 Children of the Moon
Chapter 26 Children of the Moon It never crossed Kia’s mind that she no longer needed wings to fly. However, Alexander could not help but glance over...
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Soundless
I am quiet most of the time I just stare and blink Trapped in a worldly observation My words get frozen in a halt My mouth opening Then slowly...
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Dream - spine, monks, blossom, leaves
In the dream my spine awoke. I leant against a man I didn't know and space opened up between each vertebra, like a domino run in reverse. Life...
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Chapter 25 Children of the Moon
Chapter 25 Children of the Moon Drifting away from the shining crystal window Alexander turned toward Kia, his handsome features clenched with...
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Baobab
Baobab tree, legend has it, divinely planted, had the habit of running off across the earth Its wanderlust and lust for mirth, so contagious,...
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Right Fit
It was only my second time at the club. The first time was fun enough, which led me to come back. After doing a horrible job at parking my car, I...
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Asda Part 1.
Up the road, past the Sportspark, like we do every week. I'm dolled up to go to asda, you're bouncing on your new nikes. We chat about some mindless...
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City
I can build a city out of your two word replies, I can spin the purest truth from your half-baked lies. It only takes a single word to melt my...
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You Made Us Like This
You made us like this. Bought us up. Priced us out. Raised us on HD screens. And now you say we're sterile. Not wild enough for you. Not a drop of...
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