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Dunking Ink (8)
A vast hall lit bright and utilised to cater for the services upstairs, waiters in white coats busy at work. She could see the lights of the city,...
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Where you bin, where you wheeliebin?
Horace was reminded of an old gag, all of his gags were old, where you bin, where you wheeliebin? He was wheeling about his garden. It was reasonably...
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Watching Alansvale
It can’t be easy, being easy. Loose sexual and illegal matters often lead to situations best left alone, at least the majority let them be. Alansvale...
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- 552 reads
Apartment 2204
Alice was trapped in her rented apartment 2204. The world outside is just that, outside, she is inside. The reason? A virus has arrived and despite...
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Dwayne Dishes on Craven Danger's Dander
When Betty Feltcher walked through the door of the Coffee Pot on the Corner, nine squeaky stools turned counter-clockwise. “Good morning, Miss...
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The Everything
In my head I'd packed everything I needed for the rest of my life.
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This Tide of Ocean (2)
slaps more than forty laps of choppy current against a pebbly shore adopting a collection of fish nets sea weed - planks of driftwood and families of...
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Break the Child: Chapter Seven: Cornflower
Chapter Seven: Cornflour I have found out Miss Court’s first name. It’s Victoria. We can’t name our baby after Miss Court, after all. It’s very...
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- 159 reads
Ghost walk re Visited
Ghost Walk Re visited 20 th April 2020 It’s almost a year since my evening Ghost Walk with Angela, which was followed by a midnight date on the 1 st...
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The Company Man (12) Part 2
The greatest search the galaxy has ever known needs loyal men.
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- 284 reads
The Company Man (12) Part 1
The greatest search the galaxy has ever known needs loyal men.
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Fulmars Charm
This is a poem I wrote last year under the name of featheredwing. I wanted to share it here on abc tales. Up high on ridge This curious character...
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Thicker than water
Moving house, packing things from the loft I find a picture, wood-framed, snug beneath the dust of years. Under the light and polished glass pencil-...
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For The Rest Of Our Days
For The Rest Of Our Days by Paul Mc Cann Where ever she goes and what ever she says , she’s the love of my life in so many ways , i t ’ s not for a...
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The Hitman - Chapter 3
THE HITMAN Chapter Three Hilda’s Off The List Clouds gathered over Clatpon like vagrants of a dark world looking for the sun . Their unwanted...
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Isolation
A boon or a bane.
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Tube (Part 2 of 2)
The next station raced into existence. Holborn. The old goat sleeping next to Graham snorted and woke herself up with a start. Graham looked at her...
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- 520 reads
Tube (Part 1 of 2)
London had Graham on high alert. Everything usually mundane was laced with intimidation: cycle lanes, franchised chicken shops, footpaths under...
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Distance
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] How easily we drift or take offence at those we used to care for, growing rift – it’s hard the gap to close...
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