Picks of the Month
September
At sea with you
I want it to happen again I want to wade right out Into the middle of your life No raft, no float, no arm bands
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- 200 reads
Again
So, here I am. Standing in this familiar hallway with a suitcase in each hand, wondering if I should be here at all. Turn around and leave again? I...
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- 134 reads
August
Brooklyn Heart
The sunlight glare on the mirror washed out James Eliot's nineteen-year-old face making his eyes pale and translucent. On the wall there was a shadow...
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- 473 reads
Round The Corner (Part One)
A sort of fairy story, for sort of grown ups. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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- 787 reads
June
Operation March Hare
The Department is located in Whitehall, approximately six floors below ground level, in a sprawling maze of corridors known as the Rabbit Warren. The...
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- 856 reads
Mirror World
Personal...
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- 1124 reads
May
And He Called It The Devil (Part 1)
The twins weren't bullies. Nothing like that. They just liked to have a laugh. You had to have a laugh, if you wanted to get through on the farm. It...
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- 895 reads
April
Something Hard Inside Him (Part 1)
Short story in 2 parts.
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- 808 reads
March
Sunrise
Over 300 British and Commonwealth soldiers were executed on The Western Front during the First World War, most for 'cowardice' or 'desertion in the face of the enemy'. Yet in spite of what we have long known about PTSD, and the fact that some of the victims were too young to have been serving in the army, successive governments refused to issue a blanket pardon for them until 2006. Their convictions, however, have never been quashed, which means their 'offences' remain.
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- 1613 reads