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Boris and the Art of the Deal
This is the fifteenth entry in the satirical series at https://www.abctales.com/collection/pandemic-tales-bojo-and-co Boris and the Art of the Deal...
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The Body in the Library
Saturday 24th April 1976 The Body in the Library I always was a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Tales of his case-solving are legendary made even more...
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Portal
Portal She calls to him from distant Iron Hills scraping sepia skies, giants’ footsteps echo below. This portrait painting, dreams a thin veneer,...
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The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two
Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/golden-fleece-ghost-walk-part-o... The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two For a split...
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The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part One of Two
Leads on from: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/golden-fleece-part-two-two The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part One of Two I watched as Alice...
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Ah yes...children will make
Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2025
Ah yes...children will make games out of anything.
That's a lovely, warm story told in poetic form.
Charming and engaging, Rhiannon.
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All caught up.
Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2025
All caught up.
Alternate universes/the multi-verse. My favourite theories but I could be off-beam. I often am :)
It's an intriguing premise. "Through The Goo-Hole".
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Memories are all we are left
Posted on Thu, 11 Sep 2025
Memories are all we are left with when loved ones leave us. In that way they live on.
I enjoyed this reminiscence, especially the bit about W-s-M.
Thank you for sharing this, Jenny.
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"Their hands cannot reach
Posted on Thu, 11 Sep 2025
"Their hands cannot reach around the world."
Where's there's life, there's hope. And ragu an apt metaphor.
Imagistic and profound. Adriotly done, Lena.
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"He had lost count of how
Posted on Mon, 08 Sep 2025
"He had lost count of how many tables had gone to their after life thanks to the continual and frequent machinations of his wife Mrs Muggins, a lady most obsessed with tables"
I'm with Insert - what's going on with those tables?! :)
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‘I’m off now, meeting my bird
Posted on Tue, 02 Sep 2025
‘I’m off now, meeting my bird,’ Eesh...I remember saying stuff like that once.
Yes, I like the idea of a doggy guardian of the lift. I can just imagine that.
Looking forward to reading the next part already.
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Supply chains are inter
Posted on Sun, 31 Aug 2025
Supply chains are inter-connected and often span the Globe. The Law of Unintended Consequences very much in play when applying artifical changes to an established economic model. Trump's tariffs have been declared illegal again in court. What a...
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Lots of rain around at the
Posted on Mon, 01 Sep 2025
Lots of rain around at the moment.
Life is about moments and they can catch us when we least expect them.
You have an eye for capturing what many would miss, Jenny.
Keep distilling them into poetry for us :)
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Still gripping, still
Posted on Sun, 24 Aug 2025
Still gripping, still engaging, still classy.
[Teeny typo: Jade opened the door. “Diner is served.” Thomas waved at the table..Should that read 'dinner is served?']
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"..settling like
Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025
"..settling like
faerie folk, colours on pallet create
summer blooms.."
A lack of motivation and/or inspiration comes to us all in the end. Writing at sites like this makes such a difference as you encounter people that take...
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