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1:1:8 Context (Part 1)
Pain. Lore had a splitting headache as three years of their own memories settled in their head. They had already felt queasy but activating the...
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Work Experience

When I was twenty three, I almost qualified to be a veterinary nursing assistant. I had the theory down but work experience just wasn’t what I had...
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Smokescreen Chapter 3

An encounter with Elvis... not that one. Picture is just an illustration of a random pop-culture reference that no-one will get. Image source is wikipedia. Image included for educational purposes.
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Smokescreen Chapter 2

A vip under caution... Image made by me form PD elements in Canva.
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The Miracle of Maldon (Part Three of Three)

You can read part one at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/miracle-maldon-part-one-three You can read part two at: https://www.abctales.com/...
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part 13
When Mary was finding a place in the basket on Regn's arm to fit a purple mushroom like a small frisbee, Regn moved at last, "PERFECT" . They went...
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James "Buster" Douglas Knockout Boxing
If my memory serves me correct, I bought "James 'Buster' Douglas Knockout Boxing" for the Sega Genesis thirty years ago today on July 8, 1992. It's a...
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105 Years Young
I see love on her face eyes embedded in skin as a bouquet of caring full of passion. Age is not really seen as she smiles with natural teeth- do turn...
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Ugly Puggly 53
Ugly Puggly’s jaw stuck out, and he ground his teeth. A sputtering noise came from the back of his throat. ‘Would yous two stop fuckin about? I’m no...
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Smokescreen

Believe it or not, I wrote this as part of Nanowrimo 2007. This is Chapter One. A then near future dystopic policier where smoking was completely banned, like prohibition for liquor. You'll probably find this a bit dull, but by chapter three or four I think it has a bit of pull. Maybe I'll post those too. Here is the blurb from when I self-pubbed it badly at Bubok Prohibition: not booze, fags. Ray and Harry get wind of a lorry-load of illegal cigarettes and decide to hi-jack it at the point of delivery. Just outside Parliament. Ray and Harry recognise one of the customers. It's the Home Secretary. What can they do? A slightly revised version will be available on smashwords, eventually.
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Belle and Daisy (3)

As I worked weddings with my aunt Fiona, I lived parttime in Dublin, parttime in Waterford. We would go to the weddings with a magic mirror photo...
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The Old and the Young

Her Daddy playing music upon his violin for older folk in Home of Care … and gently tap their feet and smile remembering past days … she scampered, pirouetted round to her Daddy’s latest tune. …‘Can we ask the dancing girl again to visit us?!
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Belle and Daisy (2)

Belle and Daisy took to being someone’s animal like a duck to water. They gave lots of kisses to everyone and, no matter how many beds my aunt, Fiona...
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So, you are very wealthy

A young man muttered at his bad luck and penniless situation. He frowned all days. A wise senior came across to talk to him,“Hey kiddy, why are you...
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From My Back Porch
I can hear a world with untamed emotions of cars and mail delivery vans garbage trucks & other sets of wheels- Working folks finally home...
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Ugly Puggly 52.
It was the wee small hours when Ugly Puggly got home. I was sprawled on the couch, having fallen asleep. Sober enough to know I was drunk. I pulled...
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Belle and Daisy (1)

Before the day Belle and Daisy entered my life, I never thought I could love another dog like I did my Rex. We were down with my nanny in Waterford...
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Lighting Candles for the Lost
Lighting Candles for the Lost Making stations near main-line stations On my knees in contemplation Of angular sanctuaries. Overhead gantries Seeking...
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Something Worthwhile

As I lay on the trolley, the Valium kicking in, I felt relaxed and without a care in the world. Susan, my wife by my side, smiled at me. ‘How are you...
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The Storyteller And The Lost Dragon

. The Storyteller And The Lost Dragon by Paul McCann He had been walking through the Mystical Woods looking for a sign . He had a melody with words...
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