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Xion Island Carrier Chapter 14

The rain drew slow trails over Nash’s nerves like a jagged fingernail over skin. Barrow was under one of those relentless showers that made...
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Beauty

The far blue horizon sky such beauty before my eyes as I sit and wonder why as the clouds glide on by I see birds fluttering in the sky as I close my...
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What If

What If by Paul McCann What if I could just disappear anytime I wanted. What if all of my wishes could suddenly be granted. What if I had more time...
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She Sleeps

The night I got robbed, I couldn’t move. I was 18, youngest one in the shelter, lying on the smoking bench out back. I’d come in late with too many...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 13

I am filled with hatred. And the thrill of impeccable timing. I couldn’t have planned Aunty Laura’s reckoning better, though the moment she stole the...
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Swallow pride, ask Dad, listen…

I was a teenager, age about 15. I’d learnt to float happily when we regularly visited the beautiful quiet cove at Cwm-yr-eglwys in north Pembrokeshire. But I couldn’t swim. My father tried to teach me, but I think I was too stubborn to listen properly … But now I wanted to go to a youth camp back in Wales with a friend, on Bala lake …
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A Victorian Lady's Memoirs Part One

Becoming governess and traveling with a wealthy family, didn't seem like a problem. I was living my life to the full, but I should have perceived the...
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Valley of trees

As the river flowing as I stand on a bridge below my feet before me is a valley trees of green that reaches out to the sky such beauty before my eyes...
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Victor Buono's Death

He starred in shows such as "Batman", "I Spy" and "Daniel Boone". His name was Victor Buono and when he died, he died too soon. Buono starred in such...

Dora. Part Two.

I had met Dora’s parents and brother, they were lovely. Her dad was a very successful man. After he retired, he had given her his car. Dora explained...

Counting Sleep

I have so many Pinterest boards, they overwhelm me... but it’s necessary I check them every night before sleep. Gazing at the beautiful photos calms...
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Lost in Poetry

I've larked about with Larkin, faffed about with Frost, The winding road that I once took, has become the way I've lost. Burnside at my bedside, and...
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A Victorian Lady's Memoirs

This is complete fiction and has no connection to anyone, apart from mentioning death of Queen Victoria. The story takes place in Bishops Park near...
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Dora. Part One.

I don’t remember the first time I met Dora. With other people I can sometimes remember where I was when I met them, as it’s that memorable, but with...
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Standing Still

When I was young and full of doubt In city pubs, I would hang out drinking pints and pints and more, I always managed to find the door. Feeling proud...
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Blackbird

Haiku
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Like Glass

Above the library rooftop terrace, the sky was dull and flat—the kind of moody white-grey of clouds not quite ready to cry, just heavy with the...
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10 Life Lessons. Number 5.

My first teacher in the juniors was Mrs Burt. Mrs Burt didn’t like me. But, to be honest, I can understand why. There wasn’t much she could teach me...
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Sensing A New Wonder

Sensing A New Wonder By Paul McCann Jenny’s first real experience of the Emperor and his enchanted garden came when she was bringing an apple tart...

Pyre Bits

I lay down slow, my bones like wax— and wish you’d lay yours beside me, in the fire pit. Flame would claim us, erase our tracks— while strangers sing...
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