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The Songbird Shies from Yesterday's Sorrow

The agony of fearing one's past on a daily basis.
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Headology 101 - Chapter 7 - From Beyond the Veil (Part 2 of 2)

Hogwarts has a new teacher, and she's literally out of this world. This text is an unofficial piece of Harry Potter/Discworld crossover fan fiction. All characters and locations are the copyrighted property of J. K. Rowling and Terry Pratchett. It was also written in 2005, so the quality of the writing may not be up to my current standard.

Headology 101 - Chapter 7 - From Beyond the Veil (Part 1 of 2)

Hogwarts has a new teacher, and she's literally out of this world. This text is an unofficial piece of Harry Potter/Discworld crossover fan fiction. All characters and locations are the copyrighted property of J. K. Rowling and Terry Pratchett. It was also written in 2005, so the quality of the writing may not be up to my current standard.

Battered Shells

Standing lonely in a crowd, feelings severed, screaming loud; heart rejected, growing cold trusting ways begin to fold Waking eyes find life revealed...

Nameless

The most beloved night coming on with it a chill in the darkness a cold shiver ran down my spine reminded me, it's time to date Laid down and closed...

To The Girl That's Not Sung

To The Girl That's Not Sung I know a lot of sad stories to begin to tell you one But this is for the girl, whose words are not sung, The strength in...
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Red Devils - 3 - Meeting with Phineas Barnum

Saturday arrived and Cora Sue and I dressed in our school clothes (dark skirts, white blouses and ties) thinking that it would be better to look like...

Attic Portal

Clearing out the attic. What a journey.

Passing Glances at Glittering Boys

For the strangers that my eyes have followed in a crowded room.

Live Long And Prosper

The entire world is in shock. We lost the man who portrayed Spock. He died at the end of Star Trek II and now he's dead for real. Star Trek fans are...
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Bernice Bobs Her Head

Let’s Misbehave — some wild foxtrot set to saucy Cole Porter lyrics — suddenly vanished as the gargantuan amplifying horn burst into a thousand small...
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The Beat Goes On

Durham Buildings reeks of spliff, of fish and chips and oysters,

Gonna get me back home (Song sung to the theme tune of “The Waltons” by Jerry Goldsmith)

1. Gonna get me back home; back to where my life started; that’s the place where my heart is; that’s the place I belong. 2. And when I get back home...

Noise. (IP)

Noise D. Distant hills beckon E. Escape to the sound of nature C. Call of the curlew in a remote glen I. Ice crunching underfoot B. Bees making honey...
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We live day and day

Our work becomes harder day by day as things get easier for everyone else. We wonder, "What are we protecting?" People work and play, we sacrifice...
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Cellphone rings while turning the television on

Cellphone rings while turning the television on Sitting on the couch I find The television’s remote. Wanting to watch T.v. I turn the television on...
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Frozen Secrets

Viktor sat opposite, sizing up the unshaven official. Yeveyev spoke with a Moscow accent and Viktor recalled the document he’d read explaining the reasons why this man had been sent to this place – isolated even by Siberian standards. His host smiled and reached into a drawer. With a practiced hand, he fished out a bottle and two tumblers. Viktor put a hand over his glass. ‘I’m here to see bodies, not drink, Yeveyev.’

Silence is Golden

Looks at her – 'eyes could charm the birds right out the trees', and perhaps they did.

A Milkshake Smile

A Milkshake Smile Add a rich glass of milk to the blender cup. Throw strawberries To sweeten those glossy lips. Add ice cream to thicken That smile...
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The Pied Piping Lesson

One Spring time, a long time ago, the Pied Piper was strolling through the forest when a little blonde haired girl, named Pippa, ran up to him. “You’...

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