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Mala was taken to a tiny island called Madihéra in Villingili lagoon, lying northeast of Gan Island, inhibited by birds – the White Fairy Terns. She...

Surreal

Historical Fiction

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'No Lectures, please!' I am not dumb...

By Venus red on Wed, 23 Dec 2020

I feel a rant coming on. Well more of a vent. A opinionated 'vent'...One of my pet peeves, is people who assume things about me & talk to me in a...

Rant

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Hissing Of Summer Lawns (Novellette? opening)

By cliffordben502 on Wed, 23 Dec 2020

2020 The moment my skin separates from material, fingertip from ceramic, I struggle against an overwhelming sense of regret. I’ve done it, of course...

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Ned's Memory Pt.2

By Jluskking on Wed, 23 Dec 2020

‘Oh, you know me. I’m getting along alright,’ I said, ignoring the question. ‘Ned.’ He said simply, prodding me. I put the phone down for a minute...

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The Great Conjunction

By Ewan on Wed, 23 Dec 2020

Seasonal. image licence is CC SA-BY 4.0 Source wikipedia commons.

Miscellaneous

Story

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Hurry Hurry Christmas

By forest_for_ever on Wed, 23 Dec 2020

Hurry, Hurry Christmas Endless hours dreaming Calendar slowly ticking Weeks of eager longing A sentinel child hoping Glittered dreams ascending...

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Poem

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sinead

By monodemo on Wed, 23 Dec 2020

‘Hello!’ Nel bellowed as she went through the front door slamming it behind her. ‘Hello?’ She got no response. She knew someone was in the house...

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"roses from a poem" -tanka

By T. Imaan Tretchicovmanicova on Tue, 22 Dec 2020

Spiritual

Poem

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The Grief Of Christmas Lost

By mcscraic on Tue, 22 Dec 2020

. The Grief Of Christmas Lost By Paul McCann I know it’s hard this Christmas and the home will be strange for you , But I’ll keep you in my thoughts...

Miscellaneous

Poem

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It’s A Kookaburra Kind Of Christmas

By mcscraic on Tue, 22 Dec 2020

. It’s A Kookaburra Kind Of Christmas By Paul McCann I was playing Christmas carols while writing a Christmas card The bees were all humming around...

Humour

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Dav Prentice.

By celticman on Tue, 22 Dec 2020

I shouldn’t have laughed when I heard Dav Prentice was dead. We were talking about football in the Horse and Barge, but then Brendan took off on a...

Drama

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Christmas On Hold

By mcscraic on Tue, 22 Dec 2020

. Christmas On Hold By Paul McCann It's a few days now to Christmas and COVOD isn’t done . Spending Christmas with COVID around isn’t any fun. We’re...

Historical Fiction

Poem

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Look the Other Way

By Jluskking on Tue, 22 Dec 2020

I creep slowly along the darkened street, Hobbling, tripping over frozen feet, The buildings loom over, tall and proud, I feel them jeering, all too...

Unclassified

Poem

Certificate U

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Going Too Far

By drkevin on Tue, 22 Dec 2020

I expect most of us can remember at least one spectacular party from our 'formative years'. The one I recall was held at my posh friend's house (see...