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A Christmas Carol : Conclusion
Back home Uncle Tony was there again, helping the boys unwrap all their presents. He was incorrigible; he was almost like a boy himself. At Eliot's...
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A Christmas Carol
It had been bitterly cold these last few days, but Eliot was warm inside the church. He was doing his practise for his spot at the morning mass...
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Holiday Sorbet 2
Episode 2 of 4. A chicken nugget goes astray.
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Holiday Sorbet 1
Episode 1 of 4. A bit tart and chilly. But, I hope it's satisfying!
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I'm tired of talking, Cecilia

A small snippet from a series of short stories I'm writing about a coven of witches. Magical shenanigans and lots of drama. Content notes: panic attack, mild swearing.
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Windswept Serenade
The raucous wind creates a shuffle of movement as it spawns a parade of roiling clouds sun & this new intruder clash for attention on a fresh...
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The Swaggies Christmas
The Swaggies Christmas by Paul McCann Have you heard about the Christmas Swaggie they call King of the outback , well I’d like to share with you a...
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Mid-Winter

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/mid-winter-mp3 Mid-Winter Constellations whisper in aphonic skies, a myriad of stars on dark...
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Christmas Guests
The 747 circled lazily through the patterned array of clouds that framed the blue of the Atlantic Ocean and the gray of the concrete canyons on the...
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For a Friend
Can’t love him any more until the hurting’s done. Once you loved & planned for all time things to do & did- travelled in the glow of bright...
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Letter to my Captain Oates
Oh dear, what was the point? You were gone sometime. You didn't come back to me. You left me, saddened. Pity. It's frosty, here, today without you,...
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Us to a 'T'

I'm going to a Squadron reunion, this week-end. I always said I'd never do these things, but nostalgia is a powerful thing and I've been to a few now over the years. Anyway this one is for anyone who I ever served with, whether I liked them or not. Image is PD
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I chose to bathe in light

I made a big mistake I didn't choose the tallest I didn't choose the fattest Your brothers joked on our wedding day I've replied over and over in my...
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Walk In December Snow

Most alluring are rise and fall of remote hills, when steeped in views of earth thickly clad with snow; Wandering where we're lost for a while,...
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Your Mutual Aid Hourly Pay Insults My Intelligence

I remind Annie that we may leave the house for four reasons only: to shop for medical supplies, to – I won’t list the reasons. Since last Tuesday...
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COLD

Cold seeps through crevices that grow between the window and the wall. Like vines that creep into existence; enveloping and overwhelming, entwining...
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Thrill

What a surprise … It looks like we’ve seen in books. What funny stuff! Is it enough …
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A Confederacy of C*ntses

Image created by me from PD elements Audio available.
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A Dream in my Pocket

Throw it on the track, you don't want it back. Image created by me using canva.com with pd and wiki commons elements.
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flowers you made
I buried those knickers knuckle deep in the earth to cover the shame of my soul. Some things are bigger than how you remember them. Evictions used to...
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