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The Patrolman - 30
They had watching and waiting eyes, patient and careful, disdainful eyes.
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Crusing on the Duoro at Regua Portugal
Wednesday, June 18, 2025- sailing on the Duoro River in Portugal We were up early at 5:30 A.M. It was a light morning for activities, so we read for...
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A Reverend I
I pray everyday. I pray in the morning at 5. I pray for my congregation. I pray for my family. I pray for all those people who do not know Jesus. I...
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The Gesture
This story contains reference to suicide and mental illness. It doesn’t take a tragedy. Not always. Sometimes it’s a drip from a ceiling, a broken...
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KEEP & KEPT
ARTWORKS: © Jessica McCallum This mixed media pair formed part of the very first JM Exhibition held at His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Western...
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Some Birthday thoughts on the 2nd of July
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I lit a candle for my mother, It came upon me as I passed the church. They had felled all the trees along the pathway to the door; The rose garden...
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"The Doctor Will See You Now."
It is funny how over time changes take place, at first it seems odd, then it seems wrong, and eventually it becomes the norm. I remember ringing the...
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Lucky.
Saw something today, that I haven’t seen before. I don’t know if his Mum and Dad knows. I think if they knew, they would be horrified. I don’t know...
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Lisbon to Porto
Lisbon to Porto Tuesday, June 17 th , 2025- Lisbon, Portugal We were up early at 5 A.M. We packed our gear and then put our bags in the hall for pick...
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Ghigau 7 part 2
Five minutes later Sam was in DI Conway’s small, but well organised, office, waiting for him to finish a call. On the wall were the hallmarks of a...
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Ghigau 7 part 1
Detective Sergeant Samantha ‘Sam’ Tate woke with a headache. Thumping temples, ringing ears, dry mouth. The ceiling was unfamiliar, until she...
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Up to Their Ears in Tears
Good people raise their voices in anger but nobody hears them. It seems that nobody wants to hear them. Meanwhile Palestine and her children bleed to death.
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Dear Homeowner
heres a quick bit of flash fiction
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Black Vinyl
Black Vinyl And we are now listening through lo-fi. Tinny of ear, buffeted of bass. Cup your ears for the middle. Nothing, not a drone, or revolution...
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Chronicles Of Trumpenstein : The Progress Of The Trumplings by Alfred N.Muggins, Armchair Reporter
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31/3/25 Even the Trumplings were turning into Dump Trumplings at last, as they finally realized this popular guy President was not actually...
Countryside
Oh out in the countryside on a hot summer afternoon I escape in my mind I seeing a scene where there a field of gold before me hardly a cloud in the...
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Where The Sea Might Take Me
The woman stood on the edge of the cliff. The coastal breeze tangled her hair and pulled at her dress. She didn’t move. Her eyes followed the waves,...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (2)
Part one at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-1 Marie Tudor was a single parent who needed to work to make ends meet...
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Howl.
Howl even though the moon is only quarter. Even though the only sound you hear is a melody of birds; the ratata of a distant woodpecker. Even though...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 35
The fairy lights twinkled along the eaves of Nash’s house, and every bush in the front garden bloomed with a Christmas crop of diamonds. They’d...
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