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Bake Off.

By Maxine Jasmin-Green on Wed, 18 Feb 2026

Bake Off! My manager asked me to, “Make pancakes for everyone at work.” I have never in my life, made pancakes, I had seen it on telly, but hadn’t...

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The Dancer

By GlosKat on Wed, 18 Feb 2026

A metaphor if you will..

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Ghigau 26

By w.w.j.abercrombie on Wed, 18 Feb 2026

26. Monday 17th Sam Tate pulled up outside the Booth residence at 9.25am. Her appointment was for 10am. She should have made this visit days ago but...

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Tom All Alone (13)

By HarryC on Wed, 18 Feb 2026

Tom would come to think of those two weeks in Cornwall as some of the happiest times he'd known. All the places they visited - as mum had promised,...

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Rat In A Hole

By mcscraic on Wed, 18 Feb 2026

Rat In A Hole By Paul McCann Around the streets of London there are millions of rats all with their own hole . Some of the rats I’m speaking of are...

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Arabesque

By Turlough on Wed, 18 Feb 2026

When she hears it, she will know.

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Bron-15

By Ivan the OK-ish on Wed, 18 Feb 2026

Continued from Chapter 14: Bron-14 | ABCtales It was six weeks later, three pm; South Greenwich Magistrates' Court was working its way steadily...

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Waiting for the Light

By jennifer on Wed, 18 Feb 2026

Waiting for the Light Jennifer Pickup, 17.02.2026 We have been here before I keep trying not to cry My heart aches to hold you And I can’t yet say...

Spiritual

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The Less Miserables Learn a Flip (2)

By SoulFire77 on Wed, 18 Feb 2026

She hit 847 attempts on a Thursday, two weeks and three days after she'd started counting. Still no clean land. Half-lands every session now—one foot...

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The Less Miserables Learn a Flip (1)

By SoulFire77 on Wed, 18 Feb 2026

The guidance counselor's office smelled like old coffee and lavender air freshener fighting each other to a draw. Mrs. Patterson sat behind her desk...

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"Art of Trouble" 9

By Penny4athought on Tue, 17 Feb 2026

Mac locked up his repair shop and headed to his car in the parking lot. Unknown to him, Ted and Brutus watched him with calculated interest from...

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I See The LORD.

By Maxine Jasmin-Green on Tue, 17 Feb 2026

I See The LORD. Dr. Ron Kenoly. 1944-2026 Rest in Peace. You sang this song beautifully, live. #I See The LORD#. Isaiah Chapter 6 Verse 1 From the...

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Auntie Nessie

By ScoZen on Tue, 17 Feb 2026

I was rescued by a dog. Morag, a golden retriever puppy, exploring and sniffing her way along the beach found me unconscious. I had tripped and fell...

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The Damp Demise of Ronnie Porter

By Makis on Tue, 17 Feb 2026

Humoresque Vocalese Ronnie Porter was sick of the rain because for forty six days it had been the same old story - bouncing from the roof and racing...

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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (10)

By marandina on Tue, 17 Feb 2026

Part 9 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-9 Billy was fairly certain that the wolves were gone; as certain as he...

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Shadow Boxers in A Back Street

By Angusfolklore on Tue, 17 Feb 2026

Scouse athletes spar on the unmade road I walk along going to work, on the ridge height of a western Cornish town. I wonder what brought them so far...