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Shipwreck Green
*/ This poem is an ekphrastic description of Turner's wonderful painting 'The Shipwreck' which I once gazed at for a very long time in the Tate Gallery, marvelling at the depths of the colour green he had created to depict a violent sea swallowing up broken ships and desperate men.
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The Dragons' Lair Chapter 5
Chapter Five. Finn in Hiding. Sadly, Finn rode back through the town gates. He had ridden hard since leaving home, sleeping by the roadside, and he...
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Amanderella and the Haunted Mill Chapter 5
Chapter 5. Trouble at the Mill. Amanderella woke early, refreshed and entirely untroubled by the valley’s nocturnal whistling. The Crooked Lantern...
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Aleister Crowley in Torquay, 1941
During the war fate finds him in retreat at the seaside, an odd holiday maker hiding from you don't want to know. Bored of whelks and the incessant...
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Banished To Earth Book Two, Souls Adrift (15)
51 “They sleep inside tonight,” Tucker said. “That they do.” After settling the horses down for the night, Trudy reached out and took Tucker’s hand...
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Banished To Earth Book Two, Souls Adrift (14)
48 “Tuck, I know what I am. I know where I came from. I’m thousands of years old. Thank God I don’t remember all my past. But if we are nothing but...
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Extract from my new book - Family Man
Aldo and Jennifer (Aldo's stepdaughter) drop by to visit Mrs Henderson (Aldo's old neighbour). The visit takes an unexpected turn when Mrs Henderson...
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"Art of Trouble" 11
Jade wasn’t amused. She was not jumping from this train; she’d rather confront and fight off their pursuers than tumble out of a moving vehicle ever...
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Running through wildflowers
Ankles turn on dried mud, Sticking out at angles, A once muddy reminder of the tread of deer and horses. Overhead kites and hawks hover and swoop. I...
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The Dragons' Lair Chapter 4
Chapter Four. Trying Out a Spell. Princess Sarriette talked for hours about how wonderful it was that Rose could do magic. Rose listened, tried to...
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Amanderella and the Haunted Mill Chapter 4
Chapter 4. Games at the Inn. Amanderella’s declaration hung in the air for a moment, steady and reassuring. The men nodded, some vigorously, some...
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Infinit-ive
Doggerel, nothing to see here.
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The §ection Chief
He did the coat up to the throat, though the cold had stopped reaching him a long while back, and carried his hat in his hand, because the hat in the...
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Banished To Earth Book Two, Souls Adrift, (13)
45 The others exchanged confused looks. “It’s a whole thing, guys,” Silhouette said, “Chase, I mean, Davin here is just a big ol’ lock box of secrets...
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Green
So glad that our world is clad in soothing green …
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The Dragons' Lair Chapter 3
Chapter Three. A Bored Prince. Prince Finn was bored. He sat slumped on the throne in the Great Hall. He was not supposed to sit there, it was his...
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Amanderella and the Haunted Mill Chapter 3
Chapter 3. A Room for the Night. Amanderella arrived in Lower Widdersham just as the sun began to dip behind the hills, casting long, suspicious...
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Bo Bo And Charlie In Eden
Bo Bo And Charlie In Eden By Paul McCann It wasn’t as if no one knew it would happen and as everyone had always feared the first of the nuclear...
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The Demise of an Old Religion?
These places always gave good cheer, And, of course, the occasional jeer. Usually one or two, were conveniently near. A jolly gathering and dubious...
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Nighthawks
“Where do we go from here?” said Betty. Craven looked at his watch. “If we leave now we’ll make it back uptown in time to hit the sack by midnight...
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