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The Loons of Ninevah

The Loons of Ninevah It was years ago that we spent the weekend on Lake Ninevah but I remember it well, like it was just yesterday. It was summer,...

The Sacrificial Doo

Ah wake suddenly wae a start, piecin the gither whit wee fragments ay memory ah kin fae the night afore; any wee vignettes ay whit happened. Ah mind...

Our Friend Sally

Our Friend Sally Taking in washing helps with the bills as a wind freshens up her line: neighbor Hattie’s skirt flaps in the breeze - John’s pants...

It Won't Be Your Way Or The Highway

You think it's going to be your way or the highway but that's not how it's going to be. You'd better change your way of thinking if you want to...

Escape From Monster Manor

Escape From Monster Manor is a video game that was released for the 3DO game console in 1993. it's a First-Person Shooter that was inspired by...

Looking down on the city’s departures …

Like spokes on a wheel they travel out far in all directions, by train or car. Going where? and Why? … When weary of going will they be knowing …
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Craven Gets Flashed XVIII

Outside the station house Sergeant Dowd climbed in behind the wheel of the paddy wagon. “Try to have it back at a decent hour, sarge,” said officer...

Compliments Please

I told you I liked your new glasses and you touched the plastic at the bridge of your nose and smiled. I wear glasses sometimes and someone I didn't...
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DO YOU BELIEVE IN DRAGONS part 4

Do You Believe In Dragons Part 4 I have spent hours upon hours reading articles and documentation of various sightings of these creatures. I scoffed...
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Hole

I can’t remember when I stopped banging my head against a wall. Probably when I turned 6 or 7 and words finally dropped from my mouth like worms. It...
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The Last Time I Saw Fungie (2005)

Cumulus clouds rolled across Celtic, Irish skies, white horses crested cyan waves - chopped, rose and fell, a streaming wake trailed, leading back to...

Maria's Diary 5

2 May, 1830 William came to a party at our house this week and says how much he enjoys a sociable get together. He told us that earlier in the week,...

May

She’s beautifully mad, with lucid light-laughter, And wild heat glitters, from her soft golden eyes. Her virginal petals: begin pert -nearly- saintly...
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The Grand Yew - All Saints' Church

paying homage to a 700 year old Yew
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The Three Halves of Martyn Manning-Chapter Eighteen - A Bonfire, And Some Vanities

By a complete coincidence, at exactly the same time that Elena was reading about the village bonfire night in the Bugle, Martyn was dialling the...
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A Lack of Application(s)

Confession of an ignoramus.
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Relics of the Gods

Chapter 10 - Delphi - After two weeks of travel and no closer to Lysander. Atheas, Sirosa and Odysseus finally reach Delphi, stopping into a local...

The Love Vaccine

A short tale about vaccine hesitancy (300 word flash fiction)

Post-Lockdown

Alex and Amber sat in the Palm Court Hotel waiting for the waitress. The place was heaving with post-lockdown celebrants, hoovering up large...

DO YOU BELIEVE IN DRAGONS part 3 section 2

PART 3 CONTINUED: Many of these peoples had gods that were described as flying serpents and we have fossils and skeletons of dinosaurs that we know...

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