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The Company Runs Itself
Since the Lockdown started, what was it, four, maybe five weeks ago, Alan had lost all track of time , each day seemed to merge into the next. Like...
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The Great Plague of Milan

Then and now. Image: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Chadpocalypse - 3:11 Play the Game

3:11 Play the Game Waves of unreality washed over Chad as he watched James dragging a cornhole set into The Devil’s study from a concealed closet. It...
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Pad Life 10: Monstrosities

The Dark Shadows are rising. Or maybe I've just broken my glasses. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Heaven-sent
A (nother) reflection.... Feel free to skip.
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Father Mulrooney Makes a House Call - A Craven Danger Mystery

Lord, get me through the next thirty minutes and I’ll never again rage like a lunatic when I find Sister Helen in my whiskey cabinet. Also, let me...
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72. Domenique

Something does happen. No, really. And you'll get a free earworm again, too. Image Licence: CC-SA 3.0. Photographer: Quist. Source: Wikipedia Commons.
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Break the Child: Chapter Three: The Worst Day of My Life
Chapter Three: Worst Day of My Life I can’t stop crying. I’m not going back to school. I’m not, not ever and they can’t make me. It’s all my mum’s...
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In a World Gone Mad: Wednesday 29 April 2020
Wednesday 29 April 2020 Max Over three years this entry would have been drip-fed over time, but I don’t have time because it’s already been, used and...
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Covid 19- Running Out of Castard and Mustard
29/April/2020 Dear Readers, We went through my birthday, my husband's birthday and Easter in quarantine. We bit our tongues and remained...
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Which Witch Was It?
Wendy was not an ordinary twelve-year-old, in fact she was extraordinary. She knew things, lots of things, more things than most would, or even could...
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The Durian Hunter

Roger hunts for durians in an abandoned army camp but he doesn't realise someone is hunting him.
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Dunking Ink (3)
A Big Game Fishing boat roared its twin inboard engines cooking the waters in south harbour. A Rodman 40 ft deep sea fibreglass model of 2006 that...
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Why I Find Such Joy in Her

She is . She is: she exists, And if that doesn’t sound like much, Then you should know that she exists like no other, Carved into the world in such...
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Princil's Magic : Ch.11 : The Invasion Of The Cromil Valley
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Barbarian King Guthelm's Invasion of the Cromil Valley does not go to plan, as the Shalirionites withdraw into the forests and seek to trick and ambush the Grumandrian invaders. It seems the defenders of Shalirion are using magic also.
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28th April

from a house roof chimneys like trumpet valve keys release a soaring solo seagull's heartbeat into untouched silence beside this pavement wind-lipped...
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English rain

English rain
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Aphrodite's Slipper

She followed the red bird into the forest; it flew high up into the dappled sunlight coming through the canopy of thick branches and well shaped...
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Chadpocalypse - 3:10 The Gambler

Need to catch up? Check out the collection here: https://www.abctales.com/collection/chadpocalypse Previous Chapter 3:10 The Gambler Chad had never...
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