Makis
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| Type | Title | Author | Replies | Last updated |
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| Story | Afterwards | Makis | 15 | 2 hours 44 min ago |
| Story | The Slope Between Us | Caldwell | 1 | 9 hours 24 min ago |
| Story | My Dinosaur Era Chapter 42 | beanzie | 10 | 1 day 4 hours ago |
| Story | Happiness Of Anticipating Inspiration | skinner_jennifer | 23 | 1 day 21 hours ago |
| Story | Refer To Drawer | Makis | 0 | 2 days 6 hours ago |
| Story | Dilute to Taste | Makis | 4 | 4 days 21 hours ago |
| Story | Mission Creep | Makis | 3 | 1 week 2 days ago |
| Story | Nor Any Drop to Drink | Turlough | 19 | 1 week 4 days ago |
| Story | The Something-That-Had-To-Be-Done | Makis | 2 | 2 weeks 4 hours ago |
| Story | Saturday Night's Alright for Peaches | Turlough | 26 | 2 weeks 1 day ago |
| Story | Why We Bother | Makis | 5 | 2 weeks 6 days ago |
| Story | What A Load of Nonsense! | Makis | 1 | 2 weeks 6 days ago |
| Story | The Second Shadow | Caldwell | 17 | 3 weeks 4 days ago |
| Story | Land of Hope and Fury | Ewan | 13 | 3 weeks 4 days ago |
| Story | Time Lords | Makis | 8 | 4 weeks 1 day ago |
| Story | Early Lateness | Turlough | 25 | 1 month 1 week ago |
| Story | Meredith's Darkness | Makis | 4 | 1 month 2 weeks ago |
| Story | Seeing the Light | luigi_pagano | 6 | 1 month 2 weeks ago |
| Story | Crying Against The Dying Of The Light | Makis | 8 | 1 month 2 weeks ago |
| Story | No Fixed Abode | Makis | 6 | 1 month 3 weeks ago |
| Story | A Grimm Tale | Makis | 6 | 2 months 4 days ago |
| Story | Bring Me the Head of St. Paisius of Hilendar | Turlough | 16 | 2 months 1 week ago |
| Story | An Ode To The Commode | Makis | 4 | 2 months 2 weeks ago |
| Story | The Pianola | Makis | 6 | 2 months 2 weeks ago |
| Story | The Marriage Chest | Makis | 0 | 2 months 2 weeks ago |
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Refer To Drawer
Frustration is our persistent hum, our tinnitus, a worry-worm growing fat on our fragile assumptions. It lurks in the pale mist of our waking where...
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Dilute to Taste
December tastes of waiting Of anticipating the glow When resting joys resurface For festive roundello The tree stands decked in borrowed light...
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Mission Creep
Oh, please, not yet. It’s November, for goodness sake. I've got dahlias in flower, the squirrels are burying conkers on my lawn, and the thin duvet’s...
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The Something-That-Had-To-Be-Done
William's knitted gloves dangled on a short string from each sleeve, making absolutely sure that he couldn't lose them, however hard he tried. Today...
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Why We Bother
Two and a half thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Socrates was extremely worried that democracy would give rise to demagoguery. Socrates...
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I enjoy your writing a great
Posted on Mon, 08 Dec 2025
I enjoy your writing a great deal beanzie, it's just that, unaware of your neurodivergence, I assumed you were experimenting with some new layout technique. You may well have started something new!
Read full commentPosted in My Dinosaur Era Chapter 42
Euphoric writing Jenny. It's
Posted on Thu, 04 Dec 2025
Euphoric writing Jenny. It's the anticipation that keeps us all going I think.
Read full commentPosted in Happiness Of Anticipating Inspiration
Enchanting Turlough. Quixotic
Posted on Thu, 27 Nov 2025
Enchanting Turlough. Quixotic fancy, lilting tempo and mesmeric cadence in sepia tint.
Read full commentPosted in Nor Any Drop to Drink
Written from experience
Posted on Wed, 26 Nov 2025
Written from experience Insert, my terrifying visits to the school dental service way back in the dark ages, plus a little poetic licence. I can't honestly remember whether my mum prepared me for the ordeal or not, but I have never forgotten the...
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Very entertaining read
Posted on Fri, 14 Nov 2025
Very entertaining read Turlough, a sort of barnacled Judith Chalmers travelogue of one of the great cities of the world. Going back is always a disappointment, because we can never avoid looking at what we see through our triple glazed nostalgia...
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Ours are not true hopes, more
Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2025
Ours are not true hopes, more ill-wishes for others. Well said sir!
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Thanks Turlough, that's
Posted on Mon, 03 Nov 2025
Thanks Turlough, that's exactly the sentiment I was trying to convey.
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Thank you for your commemnts
Posted on Mon, 03 Nov 2025
Thank you for your commemnts Rhiannon, your faith is clearly unshakeable.
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If they're done with a nice
Posted on Sun, 26 Oct 2025
If they're done with a nice bechamel sauce it shouldn't be too bad. Depends which regiment we're talking about!
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Hi Turlough
Posted on Sun, 26 Oct 2025
Hi Turlough
I too spent one hour altering the thirteen timepieces in my house, even though every one of them is rendered useless by the devices we now spend large chunks of our lives staring at. Loved the boiled eggs reference; reminded me...
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