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Brodie's Big Idea
‘I’m really impressed with what you’ve done in the garden, Brodie.’ Brodie flicked his oily hair and blinked, he didn’t like compliments. He already...
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If We Don't Talk About It, It Won't Haunt Me
It came in a box. She. A doll. Big blue eyes, wooden torso under an apple- strawberry short cake uniform . That’s what it— she— looked like. It sat...
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas
‘Twas the Night before Christmas The last rays of apricot-hued sunshine fade to dusk over Abington Street, an urban thoroughfare where disparate...
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The Toastmaster General (2)
Later that evening, the whole of the Guard gathered together in the mess room for our evening meal. “Where’s Oakshott?” I asked O’Connor. “Not...
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"Starlight And Miracles" (A Christmas tale)
The glow of amber light through the trolley’s window highlighted her features and accented her sadness, detectible by the tears glistening in dark...
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The Toastmaster General (1)
They say you hit 49 bullseyes out of 50,” Oakshott said. “I did,” I say. “Yet they still let you in.” I acknowledge his point with a smile. “I’m a...
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More than zero
The bus glides like a spaceship through the alien night. For sure, I should know this area. The sleepy farms, the casual trees, the serious ditches,...
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1:4:6 Johned (Part 1)
Silence. After the brief briefing, Emm didn’t say another word. They just walked sightly ahead of them as they led Lore and Char back through the...
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Parcel for you ......Part 9
Vanessa was perched on the edge of her bed, rifling through the bedside drawer, parting a sea of notebooks, pens, nail polishes, bank statements and...
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Homeward Bound (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 45)
In which the detectives are at odds, Archibald is protecting his honour (as is Josiah) and Samantha gets some good news, at last!
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