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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 3

Chapter 3. GLENDA and the sad noise Glenda woke very early. It was a lovely, sunny morning. The night before, the wind had howled and shrieked around...
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Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 13

Chapter 13. Harbour Hopping Part 2 Amanderella spent the rest of the day watching the gulls circling over the ship’s mast and wondering how they...
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Murder Most Foul

Damn. I just killed her. Just like that. She forced me to do it, of course. Her actions, her tendencies, her personality. With a terrible inevitably...
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Tell

I promise to write him letters. I promise to write letters that use distinctive quotes from literature. I promise to use footnotes to firmly embed...

Chains Forged in Life

Dickens was on to something; these chains were forged alone. Not of greed, nor malice but of guilt and regret. Feel their weight, the tension that...
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Glenda the Wendle Chapter 2

Chapter 2. THE Wendle ball. Glenda the Wendle wended her way through Feggy Wood. She was feeling very sad and sorry for herself. Try as she might,...
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Kleptoplasty*

Costasiella kuroshimae – tiny attractive sea slug, for picture google …
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Glenda the Wendle

Chapter 1 Glenda the Wendle Glenda the Wendle wended her way through Feggy Wood. Never seen a Wendle? Well, I’m not surprised—they are very, very shy...

Bo Bo And Charlie’s Place In The Team

Bo Bo And Charlie’s Place In The Team By Paul McCann It was a cold wet Sunday afternoon and Bo Bo and Charlie went for a new player selection game on...
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Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 12

Chapter 12. Harbour Hopping. A gust of wind ruffled the cat’s whiskers. It did not blink. Amanderella leaned on the rail, watching the water shift...
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Bron-39

Continued from Chapter 38 Grace levered herself out of the front seat of the van; John-John and Bron had insisted that she take pride of place in the...
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Bo Bo And Charlie At The Circus

Bo Bo And Charlie At The Circus By Paul McCann It was spring festival time and the circus came to town . Bo Bo had some money saved in his piggy bank...

Microplastics (3/3)

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June's group of friends enacts a strange plan to end off the night. Their plan doesn't quite work as expected, however.

Microplastics (2/3)

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June and July meet up with their friends at the Wilted Angel bar. They get into a conversation that ends up spanning the whole night.

Microplastics (1/3)

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June, her friend July, and her boyfriend Carter all prepare for a night out. Something is troubling June, however, keeping her silent and lost in thought at the beginning of the night.
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Memoir of a Disco Dancer. Prologue. The Bluebells v Tracey Emin. Sunday

Prologue: The Bluebells v Tracey Emin. Sunday Good morning. Come on in. Let’s have one of our pointless conversations, again. But I must warn you, I’...
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Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 11

Chapter 11. All at Sea. The harbour was brighter than when she had left it, as though the sun had decided to take an interest in her plans...
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Building C - Part Two

On a Friday, six weeks in, Coy was pulling from aisle eight when his scanner died. Battery. He walked to the charging station at the dock, swapped it...
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Building C - Part One

Coy Shumate clocked in at 10:47 PM on a Tuesday in March. Thirteen minutes early because the bus ran ahead of schedule and the break room had coffee...
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The Fat Ones

An excerpt from my (stalled) novel-in-progress The Tallow Man — told entirely from the perspective of a herd of wild Andean guinea pigs ( Cavia...

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