Certificate 15
Ages 15 and up
A Secret
Now then lad. Don't get mad. No need to be sad. I'm still your dad. It's just a bikini I'm wearing. Nowt but a fad.
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All Good (short story) part 2 of 2
"That’s good,” he repeats, “because then I can keep you safe from all of it.” I don’t know what he means, but I put my bag down. It knocks over a...
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All Good (short story) part 1 of 2
I’m at the closest thing my rural high school has to a counsellor, Mr. Hawkin. I’ve seen him draft an email in my presence and according his...
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Golden Memories: Nick Names
While I was trying to 'find myself' I alternated my time between working as a clerk and riding with a motorcycle gang (a sometimes uncomfortable...
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Learning to Live
The lightning crackled overhead, momentarily illuminating the coal black sky. This darkness in which we resided had lingered eerily in the sky for...
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Carolina Cromwell and The Mystery of the Grand Duchess (Part Two)

Dinner with the Vanderbilts. How absolutely wonderful. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Carolina Cromwell and The Mystery of the Grand Duchess (Part One)

New York, September 1930, A PI, an aristocrat, and a young woman who doesn't want to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia. What could possibly go wrong? Picture: Pixabay Creative Commomns.
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Folklore #1
"If there's owt worse than them young'uns, it's them old'uns. And as fut middle'uns.... (Old Sam spits a glob of bubbling green phlegm into the...
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Golden Memories: The Psychopath
When I first met Paul he was a quiet, shy and polite kid, well turned out by his rather elderly parents. But still waters run deep and things changed...
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Golden memories: The Wizard
Back in the 1970's I used to go to a packed post-hippy pub every Saturday night. One fellow often swaggered through the melee looking like a loose-...
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