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Silent Mystic

January 25 th sees the first Full Moon of the year, colloquially known as the Wolf Moon. Silent Mystic Silver light cascades on a tree-lined panorama...
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Just Deserts

The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Seven.
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the E L E P H A N T in the room part one.

It is awful when something is seriously wrong, and even worse than that is when some people are not aware of it. Years later the shocking details did...
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New Directions (5)
The tea arrived on a small silver tray which looked like the ones that get experts excited on endless antique TV shows. If the tray excited them, the...
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Literacy

When I was young, we had a picture on our refrigerator of a young girl named Katarina held up by a magnet. She was about 13 years old with long dark...
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Parcel for you..Part 16
Spencer pulled away from Pat and began putting the finishing touches to the table. ‘It’s nearly ready to eat,’ he said flatly. ‘Good. Please sit down...
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Act! A Poem for Basildon
Act! Looking from the window above, like a story of love. Can you hear me? — Yazoo, Only You. 1982 I'm lonely here. There are no poets here. Oh yes,...
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The Glowing Man ( Adam Maxwell-Farquhar - Tale 5)

After my experiences in France, I returned to Aberdeen, and being somewhat distressed by my experiences there, I was deemed to be ‘distressed’ by the...
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Sparrow Hawk

We had this visitor recently, while sitting in our conservatory enjoying a coffee and watching birds feeding in our garden. What inpressed us was how swiftly it arrived and the same when it departed. (Image courtesy of Ebor from Pixabay)
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Razzmatazzed in Yaz’d

The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Six.
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Granite Noir
Ryan had never been particularly good at solving problems in his life. It was always left to someone else to pick up the pieces after the event, if...
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Parcel for you...Part 15
Over the course of the next few days, Spencer became thoroughly preoccupied with his role as dinner party chef, browsing recipe books, researching...
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What happened, little car?

“Little car, little car, have you been far? have you been far?” ‘They drove me off and made me go fast and then just kept going, I was drained at...
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Human.
I don’t watch or listen to the news, but no one could have missed the recent news, that has been in the UK a few days ago. Kate went into hospital to...
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Body and Soul (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 51)

In which Archibald complains about his future, and Chantelle worries that Frankie might not have one!
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Fear of Flying

They call it civil aviation, but is it at all civil...
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"Unwanted Magic" 2

The dad stared at the big dog and shook his head with confusion and concern. “I thought I heard that dog speak,” the dad, Jack, whispered to his wife...
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New Directions (4) re-write
No Paul now. I hope this is clearer.
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The Iran - Tie Rack War

The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Five.
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The Muse

Aptly summing up my many lost inspirations, when I thought I'd remember that line in the morning; instead of getting up and writing it down. ( Image of Calliope courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
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