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This England

By marandina on Thu, 12 Oct 2023

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/this-england This England Ancient land of myths and legend where a man once pulled a mighty...
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Poem
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Devil's Advocate (Part Three of Three)

By marandina on Wed, 04 Oct 2023

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/devils-advocate Part Two at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/devils-advocate-part-two-...
Fantasy
Story
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Devil's Advocate (Part Two of Three)

By marandina on Mon, 02 Oct 2023

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/devils-advocate Devil’s Advocate (Part Two of Three) It had been a long day and nurse Abbott...
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Story
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Devil's Advocate

By marandina on Wed, 13 Sep 2023

Devil's Advocate (Part One of Three) At the top of the world, most things look tiny although a diaphanous moon might look like a large silver coin to...
Fantasy
Story
Certificate 18
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Steve Mason and the Last Day of School (Part Two of Two)

By marandina on Tue, 22 Aug 2023

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/steve-mason-and-last-day-school-part-one-two Steve Mason and the Last Day of School (Part Two...
Drama
Story
Certificate 15
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I'm wrapped up in it too.

Posted on Tue, 29 Jul 2025

I'm wrapped up in it too. Looking forward to more!

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Read both parts.

Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025

Read both parts.

I see what you mean about 'salty sea dog'. It was pure coicidence on my part. Honest!

More consummate travelogue. I read about your part of the world and I yearn to visit. It sounds like a place of many wonders...

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Trumpenstein is an idiot.

Posted on Fri, 01 Aug 2025

Trumpenstein is an idiot.

The concept of trade barriers has been discredited numerous times over the years. And yet he uses them as a sort of electric cattle prod. The man is staggeringly incompetent in his understanding of economics. To...

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'..will he be nudged

Posted on Sat, 02 Aug 2025

'..will he be nudged
or safe on his ledge til fully fledged?'

That's an evoactive, highly visual poem. 

I have been watching a nest with baby seagulls in it for a while. Two birds eventually fledged. Sadly, I understand that...

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'...which

Posted on Sun, 27 Jul 2025

'...which

brings respite clear and sonorous..'

I love any lore connected with corvids. Raven, crows, rooks. The lot.

A graceful, eloquent poem right there. 

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'Gulls seem noble here,

Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025

'Gulls seem noble here, hermits

not beggars all must be living with us; even were the sea

empty and their searching faith only, this place is better..'

Took me right there. Sounds like a stunning place. Beautifully evoked....

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Thanks for reading it, Di. 

Posted on Wed, 06 Aug 2025

Thanks for reading it, Di. 

[I'm on book 2 in the 'Dark is Rising' series. Very much enjoying.]

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Thanks for reading it, T.

Posted on Wed, 06 Aug 2025

Thanks for reading it, T.

Yeah...5 months in now. One of the locals.

[Big day Sat 16th Aug - Aston Villa v Newcastle live on Sky 12.30pm ko then a wander down to The Optima to watch WSM v Chelmsford @ 3pm. Footie is back, baby!]

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Wonderfully surreal and with

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025

Wonderfully surreal and with your trademark humour, Drew.

Hopefully, life isn't enough and you keep going!

This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.

Congratulations. 

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Convincing dialogue and

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025

Convincing dialogue and engaging characters. There's your trademark philosophical musings made vicariously throughout the storyline.

A great read, Jane.  

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