Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

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The fickleness of new daylight

Honestly, I am not even fully awake when I discover a red-haired woman with a fire-breathing dragon tattooed on her neck sitting on my toilet. Okay,...
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Well I’ll the Son of a Dude

Well in reality I’m a daughter and, Mother was a bitch. Not all the time, just when it required persuasion to get something done. I never saw much of...
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People say I'm a dreamer

You meet Walter Mitty at a nondescript café on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon. He’s wearing a beige cardigan, slightly wrinkled, and looks like the kind...
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More — or less?

Oliver Twist came some kids to meet, to ask if they’d had enough to eat …
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Off the rails (IP)

I did not come to Dr. Jennings of my own volition. It was my wife’s idea, and she insisted upon it with such an air of resolve that I had no choice...
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THE OUTTHERE A-EYE CHAT SHOW (final bit)

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just winding this IP up. (the author may or may not agree with the content of this piece) ;- )
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The Bears Discuss

Paddington said, to Winnie-the-Pooh, “I think I know what you should do – Go on a journey to far-off Peru – forget your honey and take a tip – pack...
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Story of the week
Pick of the Month

Cricks Crocodile

I closed the front door very slowly, quietly and scurried towards my car, holding my scarf up over my mouth, my throbbing lower lip. I could taste...
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