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Heaven From Hell (Part 1)
The furnace of the sun was relentless. Heat rose and shimmered from black tarmac, forming strange wavering mirages, as if the ghosts of millennia...
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Heaven From Hell (Part 2)
The boy’s hand - for he was no more than a boy - began forcing its way between them, searching. Sara could feel the ugly lump of what could only be...
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Hot Cross Buns and Fish and Chips
It’s that one hundred words thing again, covering the second half of March when I was mostly in England.
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forget me not
Limb by limb they say In that ordinary way Heart, diabetes and lack of breath That means death Best keep yakking in that slow way So you won’t wander...
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Illusions delusions
…the aeroplane ski across the sun – how could it be? and oh, what a sight! – … the moon has taken a bite out of the sun’s fiery …
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Johnny Ten Levs vs Jack Daniels
It’s that one hundred words thing again, covering the first half of March when I was mostly in Bulgaria.
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Steelie 14
Mole stands on the U-Bahn platform, his leg jiggling. The place reeks of sweat, damp woollen uniforms and thick coats pressed together, and the sour...
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The bird with no beak
If you weren’t looking closely, you just wouldn’t see— Not all birds looked the same high up in the tree. Feathers? Check. Claws? Check. Wings to...
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The Book: Chapter 48
The morning sun shone, gilding the kitchen with the illusion of peace and the promise of finality. The lights hummed, casting golden halos over the...
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Historical Study of Scotland - Chapter One
Historical Study of Scotland Chapter One Rìgh Alba, 1249 - 1286 (King of Scotland, 1249 - 1286) Alaxandair mac Alaxandair, Alexander III, (4...
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The 30th Anniversary Of Selena's Death
Selena was a singer and she has been dead for three decades. She was very talented and was murdered after being betrayed. A former friend gunned...
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The Book Chapter 47
The book had been silent for too long. It refused to give them anything. Alice and Mick had left the courthouse in a haze of failure. The second task...
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Rain
“We chose a bad day to come to this planet, Finch,” I said. Finch said nothing, he just let the rain gush down on him, as if he was enjoying a shower...
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New Directions (31) UPDATED
Even though I was expecting it, the harsh sound of my American telephone setting startled me. ‘Bonsoir, Mon Lieutenant Peters.’ Addressing me by my...
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The truth will out
The truth will out Though many trials In the face of endless lies The truth will out With the rise of a tyrant The truth will out They try to impose...
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To Him be glory for ever and ever, Amen
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Oh, who is all glorious? Giving due notice that He is victorious, merciful, gracious? but must not be...
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Angels At Our Table
Angels At Our Table By Paul McCann Although we can’t see them I know that they’re there , with their smiles and love around us everywhere . When we’...
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Stew (Episode 3 - The Further Chronicles of a Yound Lady (and her Maid)
In which our heroines plan for the future, one meal at a time.
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