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Steelie 19
The boy was growing tired. Von Stehle could see it in the way his head lagged to one side and the way he no longer caressed the material like he was...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 18
The interview room was cold, but James McAlister didn’t seem to notice. He was still. Paler even than the day of the funerals, and the room was...
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I’m going out of my mind trying to get into yours
“You’re not shutting out the thoughts you’re receiving,” the instructor said, “You’re letting the duck's thoughts and feelings influence you. You...
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Death by Selfie
strangely unaffecting to see lives lost in this way is that a shocking thing to say? guy falls from building filming himself doing handstands on the...
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Golden Aged
Years ago, the cinema was top. Rare to see a disappointing flop. Of course, crisp packets went embarrassingly pop. In crime, it was a satisfying fair...
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spring 2
I heard it again for the first time in a very long time, through cheap earphones while walking over uneven ground, wind clattering longstanding trees...
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Xion Island: Chapter 17
I am filled with hatred. And, to my disgust, something close to nostalgia. The flesh remembers things the memory has never known. I tell her my name...
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"Mr. Nothingsworth"
Mr. Nothingsworth, proprietor of the “Whatnot” shop of castaway things and oddities, was a self proclaimed curmudgeon. The old coot loved to annoy...
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I don't have time to waste
I'm going to run the race I don't have time to waste it's life it's just life take it while you can cause before you know it will be all gone I want...
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Spring
I heard it again for the first time in a very long time, through cheap earphones while walking over uneven ground, wind clattering against...
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I'm tearing your heart apart
As I sit here waiting for some reply it don't matter what words I 'm saying there not going to hurt you any less no matter what I say a simple sorry...
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The Time Capsule
The Time Capsule By Paul McCann The old house sat nestled in the arc of a dead-end street . It was a huge place that screamed at the smaller and more...
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Class of '84
Also your greatest of all advantage in a chess game is to have your opponent underestimate you. Myself don't attend reunions I'm usually busy then,...
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New Directions (38)
The idea of going up North to stay at Karen’s temped me. I figured at least I’d get to sleep with her when she got home. Then I remembered the last...
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Undisentanglable!
Been having shopping delivery for a few years due to Covid and personal health issues. Works well most of the time, but last week the pies I’d...
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Murder in the Tesco Express
Based on a series of events witnessed over a number of years in my local convenience shop when I lived in the sleepy English town of Chippenham.
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Write to Romance
Jessica drove furiously through familiar back streets - happy that she'd didn't have to travel to Cottesloe; being late for meetings at Tom Collins...
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Xion Island: Chapter 16
Barrow had precisely two pubs that didn’t belt out karaoke on a Friday night. Nash had picked The Townhouse—a low-lit place with real ale, decent...
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Population decline
Where have all the babies gone … dwindling pool of future skill … enable aging population to still receive a reasonable pension
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Chronicles of Trumpenstein : Suspicions of a Modern Coup! By (As Distant As Possible!) Armchair Commentator Alfred N.Muggins
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17/2/25 Mrs Muggins decided the 3 or 4 year old Television in the lounge was getting a bit old. Technological progress was continuing to move forward...