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Take me as I am 2

Every First Wednesday of each month, I go to the same McDonalds in the midst of New York City. I eat a Big Mac with a Coke and realize who lucky I am...

Shallow Show of Appreciation

When it comes to gift giving, the thought really does count. Written in a style reminiscent of a bible passage, the poem looks at the notion of offering material items as symbols of gratitude through the conversations of two men, and what it means to be truly thankful.

Discoveries Part 3

Later that day, Kozan went to his office. It's raining hard now. He bought himself some beers, and decided to start his research where most people...

Discoveries Part 2

Adrian Kozan wakes up. He sits in bed for a few minutes, looking at the ceiling, thinking about nothing in particular. The notification light on his...

Discoveries Part 1

The door opens and she steps in. Then the hulking bald man, who closes the door behind him and just stands in front of it, with his arms crossed. The...
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Some Autumn Haikus

Walking (Haiku) Walking slowly on red and golden autumn leaves, we crunch sweet apples. Bursting out (Haiku) Shiny chestnut shells bursting from...
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Closing the accounts of the late Deborah Hambrook

Closing the accounts of the late Deborah Hambrook That was the title of the letter that came. I was expecting it because the money was transferred,...
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A Few Of My Favourite Things

I hate those games that people play around the supper table when all one wants to do is eat and drink something pleasant in the company of friendly...

Holding Back the Years

Taxi to restaurant last night – usual small talk – i.e. firework night. Me, “Glad mine are older but I enjoyed it when they were younger. Taxi driver...

The Fixie

Once upon a time, a Fixie was flying about looking for work to do. A Fixie, as its name might suggest, is a cross between a fairy and a pixie but...
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Some Changes are irreversible (Complete)

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Zero 50 ‘Red. I repeat, red.’ The three men sat on two large sofas. They stared at the black loudpseaker on the low table in between the sofas. After...
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The Planet of the Apes Problem

I was woken early one morning by a hammmering on my back door. I quickly dressed and rushed downstairs, where I found Alun in an irritable mood. "It'...

Just One - Part One

JUST ONE If she had have known, she would never have made the commitment. Had she been more informed of how difficult it would be, she would never...

Just One - Part Two

A double session with the final years. Four years of trying, four years of giving, four years of teaching and assessing and now they are beginning to...

Maelstrom 3 - The CIA

3. The CIA The CIA are by far one of my least favorite secret organizations to deal with, and that’s mostly due to the fact that they aren’t so...
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A Nightmare - Something Was Chasing Me

A reoccurring nightmare made me afraid to fall asleep. Someting was chasing me, and I knew it was a matter of time before it caught me.
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Fuzzy Logic

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Signal to Noise Ratio

Love, all else is noise... Image is from Wikipedia Commons and was released into the Public Domain by Deneb

Page From A Mad Scientist's Chapbook

What it says... Image has been released by Wikipedia Commons into the Public Domain.
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The Second World War: PART 10 - Otto Krause - Nuremberg (1946)

KRAUSE 10. 1946 NUREMBERG It was blisteringly cold on the morning of October sixteenth in the south-eastern state of Bavaria. The Palace of Justice,...

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