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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 12 December. Part 2.
"Bless you, no," replied the man who had been examining Simon, very gently and carefully. "He looks to have broken his leg and his wrist. He will...
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Mysterious
Memories can sink, forgotten: suddenly can rise, unbidden, deep from somewhere in the mind. But when flesh weakens with age, clouding much we fail to find, surely they’re not lost – for …
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Winstanley’s Folly
A story of engineering folly...
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The Unknown Enemy.
Chapter 1. The Light that shouldn’t be. The sun was dipping behind the mountains, casting long shadows over the village, but for Nemon, the day was...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 12 December. Part 1.
Chapter Twelve. A Bike for Christmas. "Billy, go back to sleep. It is only half past five. You are not going down stairs until we all get up and I am...
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Fewer Each Time (1)
Odell Tesh unlocked the front door of his father's shop at twenty minutes to nine on Halloween morning and stood in the doorway with the key still in...
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ode to a red rose
red rose, rosa roja, red garden rose, flamboyant rose; vivacious red rose; You are true inspiration's flower: the purest genius of botanical colors,...
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A Day in the Life - Part Four
I’m writing this from the front porch of my mom-in-law’s house. Molly James is eighty-five years old and fitter than I am at seventy-two. She’s a...
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Idiolectic Idiots
Idiolectic idiots, running wild on city streets cause friction with diction you wouldn't like to meet. Shouting and swearing, harangues and F-words,...
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the starving dance
the beginning came suddenly rain, fire, and ash cities extinguished from their place all in an instant “the war to end all wars” they said but they...
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Nineteen Fifty-Three
The post war years, continued rationing, and the public yearning for better...
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Pavane for bleakness
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To Confront Her Partner
I’m not the jealous friend you think I am. I watch the tears pool on her favorite T-shirt as she tries to convince me the pain you put her through is...
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The Doll's House Chapter 10.
Chapter 10. The Doll’s House. They left the office together, Smike trailing behind until the guards at the Hall of Remembrance barred his way. Sachel...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 11 November Part 2.
Later that day when the Foster St Gang tried to add some wood to the pile Graham chased them away snarling like a demented tiger. Eventually we...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 11 November Part 1.
Chapter Eleven. Graham. "I have just been on the Barracks field," announced Noddy. "What a thrill," I said, unhappily surveying the remains of our...
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Ama Gozen: The Graveyard (3)
By the middle of the morning the men had been up the ridge and come down again. The fence was down along the whole of the hollow side, they said, and...
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Writers' Island : Chapter 3 : Nick Makes Himself At Home
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24/1/20 Victor was one of the organisers. He met Nick and the fellow writers who had come off the boat earlier that afternoon when they arrived at...
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The Reckoning
The storm raged. The rain lashed. She looked out the window. When the lightning flashed across the sky, she could see the horizontal streaks on the...
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October 31st
Autumn leaves tumble in chill October winds Street lamps glow with auburn shades of a setting sun Jack-o-lanterns adorn lawns with evil smiles in...
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