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About to go 'pop'
A plague of wild hooded brutes. A feckless mob in cahoots. Skull faces and tired boots. Ignored too long, by grey suits.
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Trump reads Hansel and Gretel
So there were these two kids, Hansel and Gretel - great kids, really terrific kids. Everybody said so. And they had a father, who was, you know, weak...
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The Moral Compass in a Post-Truth World
Fairy tales may be for children, but the lessons they teach echo in doctors’ wards and flotillas alike. From the earliest age, children encounter...
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Angels Really!
Appearing sometimes as a man, sometimes a brilliant awesome one, though usually unseen …to tell Zecharaiah …then to Mary … A crowd … at that anguish… the guarding soldiers shook with fright…
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Is America Coming Here? (Sleepwalkers?) by rogue reporter Alfred N.Muggins
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14/9/25 (25/9/25) Alfred was beginning to think it was time to go to America to actually buy some guns, for his own self defence! The political and...
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300 Words
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The challenge I created for myself was to write a story totalling 300 words or fewer. I found it particularly difficult! Gold Rush ‘Well, ahoy ma'am...
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La Barbe Bleue
The very first time I saw him, he was haloed by torchlight and the murmur of a crowd. His reputation was immense - almost impossibly heroic -...
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Tom Thumb
From my archive (© Luigi Pagano 2015).
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Little Pigs
Boring little pigs, all gathered in their fragile groups. The typical nerds and jocks and hooligans. Oh how such connections could dissolve under the...
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The Dog Eared Pity Card
I can still see her face Contorted and gritted teeth Arms folded tight It wasn't the greatest night Just anpther tired fight I wondered why we were...
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From her to eternity
“I do not want to die,” says the Dictator. “Mark my words carefully. Read my lips. Dying is not in my vocabulary. ” The two men are in the sauna. The...
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The Beast From Bonkerville Hills
The Beast From Bonkerville Hills by Paul McCann Since the beginning when man walked on the planet there has always been hunters who kill to survive...
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Ip
Fairy tales and recipes disaster looming with ancient scales and patience thin the picture on the box was very misleading There would be no happy...
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An Ode To The Commode
For the IP challenge I acquired a commode, but aware of its purpose, was careful not to goad the unwary or those of more delicate mode It stood by...
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Goldilocks
Jamileh’s eyes darted around feverishly as she walked down the quiet street on the outskirts of Atlanta. The houses stood prim and square, shutters...
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RIP Real World
A real planet, really spinning, in nothing but the pure dust of our universe. We lived in the real world. We didn’t really understand it and that was...
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Virtual Reality
Across the network; bitcoins pay for virtual love, boys sit mute in dark rooms hoods up inside, as if in hiding - from themselves. Outside at bus-...
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Bring Me the Head of St. Paisius of Hilendar
The hottest days of my life… fourteen more August days… 100 words each, as usual.
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Mute
From criticism straight to witticism, welcome to your verbal exorcism A clear division of utter derision to lop you cleaner than a robotic...
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The Secret Society Of New Hope
The Secret Society Of New Hope by Paul McCann Mr Cushenan had always been a kind man . He was often treated badly however because of that . It’s sad...
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