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09.1 Crossroads
On Friday, third May, they left Rosario. Adriana stood there carrying the child on one hip and the two ladies kissed them goodbye. “Once we come out...
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Harry Found A Hero
Harry Found A Hero By Paul McCann Harry went to sea and sent home the money to his Mammy that he loved with all his heart . On the boats he learnt...
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The Rain Came
The Rain Came By Paul McCann . I cannot swim and I fear the waters rising up on me . The overflow has turned the city into a rolling sea . Western...
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Lunch On The Wild Side
Lunch On The Wild Side by Paul McCann When it comes to the crunch and you sit down for lunch with some of the wild bunch , who like to fart and burp...
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South
Two cars passed him as he walked the meandering country road. The latter rumbled to a halt a few yards ahead of him. As he passed the driverside, an...
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The Ministry of Wellness
Image: Creative Commons A writing exercise, where you take the first line of someone else's story and use it as your own. I borrowed a first line from my favourite novella by Mikhail Bulgakov.
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Nature's Beauty
What a nice, auspicious day So in here we can stay What a bright, stunning sunshine Where beauty and peace combine When trees stand there non-skew...
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08.1 Rosario
Another use of a bedsheet is to wrap it like a robe. Madeleine wrapped it behind her back and around the chest, pulled the corners over the neck and...
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I Am Treated
to a feast of pleasure- I can hear the delicate flapping from an eagle the way a baby cries a love of life little one with wiggles and jiggles. I...
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One Small Hole
The surge burned. Energy equivalent to a thousand suns passed through their living conduit. Although only theirs for a moment, it was more than...
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Heaven and Earth
Progress was slow. Faster than expected but slow nonetheless. Lore was furiously slamming their fingers against the keyboard, modelling the changes...
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Breaking New Ground
Emergency red glow. The lighting situation had changed so suddenly that Char, Varkral and Juror were all nearly completely blinded by the change;...
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Legend of the Pah - 3 (S T Vasectomy Clinic)
‘What word?’ ‘Doesn’t matter. Robert won’t want it. A Ford Crapri! That’s what we always called them. Honestly Alistair, you’re so deluded, he’s not...
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The Nomad
The Nomad Everything was to be burned in the fire. The backpack was wearing on him now and the straps gripped his shoulders as if pleading. He ran...
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The Janus Look 5
A week has passed since I was told that my colon has followed my face in having two distinct aspects. My face is a bit better this week. A few more...
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Will you say a little Prayer for me
A little prayer because you believe In a God is merciful and kind But I don’t believe in anything in that kind I don’t believe in a God He doesn’t...
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07.4 Mazzikin
Marina woke up to find that woman in bed, thin pair of legs wrapped around a pillow. She left food in the dinette. Marina washed up and sat by the...
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Winners And Losers, Did I Win?
About three years ago I started getting phone calls from abroad from call centres, the calls were about PPI, Surveys, Broadband, gas or electric...
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answering machine
My online pals joke phones are called mobile for a reason. Mine is a ten-quid model. Any drug dealer in prison would be proud of it. Top-up and Pay-...
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Russian Propaganda! by Alfred N(azi?) Muggins
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Take it with a pinch of salt, don’t believe any of it, cause it could really screw your head up! Make you think everything you ever knew before was...
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