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The Wanderlust Lady and the Door to Door Salesman - 21 - More on Helping with Inquiries
Stan's interrogation at the police station continued. “I find it incredible that you could have lived in Marple for two weeks and have never realised...
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Abstract scribble
Shaven shaman Sean Modern mystic Drawn in lipstick Floating like a phantom in the middle of the room Broken bottle Bennie Dry and wheezy Takes it...
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Almost a Superhero
“Man, I wish I could be like that chick from X-Men. You know, the one that can shapeshift and stuff. She’s so hot.” Joey mashed the buttons of the...
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And then us
And then us, under a wide, purpling sky gently linted with soft, yellow clouds. And then the birdsong in the key of evening curtly tuning the...
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'soft asylum' haiku set
yesterday's highways flash before my gray-blue eyes like lost 'purple hills' now the bath-robe hangs on the French doors by sundry gray cashmere...
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The Mezzotint Chapter 3 Harriet Part 3
The Vicar discharged a tremulous, exhausted sigh, as if he’d just extracted himself from a lengthy session in the confessional with a particularly...
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The Mezzotint Chapter 3 Harriet Part 2
‘You asked me why she did it Professor. That, I’m afraid, remains unanswered. Sam was a bright little thing. She had very blonde hair and deep blue...
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The Mezzotint Chapter 3 Harriet
After Creest left the village hall he decided to take the longer route home following a brook that straddled the northern perimeter of Greeven. After...
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The light.
Did yie see that flashin light there,as it wheeched richt oan by? A only goat a glimpse ae it,oot the coarner ae ma eye. Wiz it the polis chasin a...
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Marmalade
Marmalade was a grumpy cat. She had dark brown and ginger fur overlaid with gold. Mr. Malkin, her owner, was a kindly soul only too willing to do all...
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Buffalo- A Series of Ethnic Villages
A Piece Of The Banner Chapter I A Series of Ethnic Villages It is a place that exists more in the minds of those who live there than anywhere else...
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It That Your Best Price?
I went to a car boot recently, and met some lovely interesting people who came to my stall. The first person, she came over and her Husband picked up...
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Dancing in the Dark
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Norbert Chapter 45 Dancing in the Dark Nunky, with his tall debonair looks, has become a widow magnet at the afternoon tea dances at the Palais. One...
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Three Courses
“Don't be nervous,” she says, sitting down at the table, unwinding her long red scarf, tossing it over onto the couch, “it's only me, you know?” She...
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So Black Beauty
‘She’s lost her bloody phone again out on a hack this time,’ she said. ‘It’ll turn up,’ I said, But she was having none of it Just a scornful look of...
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Cáfe Cold War
There’s a thing that happens in high-street coffee shops. There is this animal panic that flashes over people’s faces when they walk into a busy...
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T. S. T. Henry
Tell me. Show me. Teach me. You speak with your lips and I speak with my tongue. Soft Supple Presses Against the sharpness of my words. I feel your...
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The Wanderlust Lady and the Door to Door Salesman - 20 - Stan Gets Caught
September 16, 2012 Sunday I had a hangover. I'd really laid one on the night before. But I thought I needed to have some way of expiating my worries...
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Need and notes in glass bowls
- I want it to get to the point where you don't need me any more. - I scratched in a full stop and leaned back to look at the words I'd written. It...
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