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Falling

Falling I am no one . White walls washed by sodium light was all I could see. There was a certain kind of claustrophobia that went with the room, a...
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Story of the week

The End - part 2

I am on my final countdown- 6 weeks or less, although I am still feeling pretty good. Two weeks ago I went to the hospital for an MRI scan - and they...

12.1 An Abyss of Bitterness

As the sun rose next day, that shaman woman entered the room holding a tray of hot soup and a roll of bun. Tyler Friesen opened his eyes and almost...
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Cancelled in the afterlife

Maybe now she’s seen me in my own juice sat about picking my nose swearing at the news she doesn’t want to know me. The other year I bumped into one...
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11.3 Sibir of Siberia

Fourteen men climbed the motorboat, VRD-516, a project 376 Yaroslavets survey boat, and assembled in the forward hold by the guards wearing leather...

Paint me a Rainbow

Guns and knives Slaughtered lives Blood spilled Hope is killed How did we stoop so low Where did humanity go Needles and drugs Heart string tugs For...
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Mary, the mother of Jesus

A simple honest girl, probably a teenager, imperfect like us all, but with faith and trust in the saving God was shocked when an angel came to call...
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Looking

No explanations. Image is PD.

11.2 Sibir of Siberia

Dorothy and Schmid were picked from Metropol by an In-Tourist transfer vehicle and taken to Yaroslavsky Railway Station by seven and they embarked...

A New Bar in Town (Time Tunnel Tale #3)

The Bar had just opened. It was 1983 and the infectious synth-pop of New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ played on the bar’s sound system, and all around the...
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The Veteran Speaks ( Time Tunnel Tale #2)

I am a seasoned veteran of the office wars, like Mike Moorcock, or was it Nik Turner, used to declaim, on that old Hawkwind album ‘Warrior on the...
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Love Returned

An example of a Tanka, a Japanese poem of five lines in 5,7,5,7,7. I like the form as it requires brevity within the confines of its structure.
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In a quaint English Town

In a quaint English town with cobblestone streets and a pub like The Crown strange things occurred, as if out on their own… A surreal streak,...

In a quaint English Town

In a quaint English town with cobblestone streets and a pub like The Crown strange things occurred, as if out on their own… A surreal streak,...

11.1 Sibir of Siberia

“An English lady with short blonde hair,” uttered General Silayev trying to explain it to a young KGB agent, “carrying five pieces of luggage in a...
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Poem of the week

I didn't know how much I'd come to love you

It's completely unpolished, but the IP made me think of my mum, who can be an inspiration and a challenge, and I'm feeling nostalgic. It can be bittersweet to find myself growing closer to my parents and at the same time see them grow older, and live in a different country.
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Parcel for you...Part 21

Annie was as much part of the modern world as Spencer, in that she was unsentimental about people’s weaknesses, unsympathetic to the experiences...
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Inspired By Mother Nature

I'm encouraged to smile when connecting with wild nature, each mountain peak stirring impressions of curvaceous creation; deep caves beneath...
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Watching You Chapter Four

Chapter Four Black shivered beneath the arches, drawing his hands together under his knees and locking them tight. It was cold for the time of year...
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