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Cherry Tree

By marandina on Tue, 15 Jun 2021

Dedicated to the cherry tree in my front garden. It brings me much joy. Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/cherry-tree-mp3 In the...
Nature
Poem
Certificate U
Gold cherry

Roy Batty (Tears in Rain)

By marandina on Tue, 01 Jun 2021

This is a tribute to Roy Batty played by the late Rutger Hauer from one of my favourite movies - Blade Runner (1982) https://bladerunner.fandom.com/...
Fantasy
Poem
Certificate PG
Cherry

The Sure Yank Redemption

By marandina on Tue, 25 May 2021

This is a sequel to: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/most-vial The jet plane roared as it penetrated trans-Atlantic airspace. The ocean rose...
Humour
Story
Certificate 12
Cherry

The Last Elephant

By marandina on Wed, 12 May 2021

Forged in bucolic harmonies, an interdependence born of millennia, a symbiosis of flora and fauna, when humanity lived as one, in a world of...
Nature
Poem
Certificate PG
Cherry

Footsteps on Mars

By marandina on Tue, 27 Apr 2021

In the dead of an iridescent moonlit night, in an amphitheatre of curious crickets, chirping in the rattling reed bush, I am camped under a haven of...
Fantasy
Poem
Certificate U
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"‘I like Stuart’s bandana,’

Posted on Thu, 25 Jul 2024

"‘I like Stuart’s bandana,’ Vanessa shouted over to Pat. This wasn’t a truthful statement, the bandana looked absurd and she quickly took a swig of warm beer to obscure her lying face..."

Straight in with humour :O)

Lots of very...

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"Will you miss the nights in

Posted on Sat, 27 Jul 2024

"Will you miss the nights in the pub with the gang?

Will you send me a postcard from Ujung Pandang?"

There's a wistful feel to this, Turlough.

It's like a stream of conscious style that's also reflective looking back on times...

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Great story.

Posted on Sat, 27 Jul 2024

Great story.

I love the train of thought that underpins the narration. And the small detail, as always. Yes, that's an alluring twist to end with!

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"Floating ballroom dresses.."

Posted on Fri, 26 Jul 2024

"Floating ballroom dresses.."

A gorgeous vignette and lovely photo, Rhiannon.

Beauty captured so eloquently in so few words.

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"This temporary existence not

Posted on Wed, 24 Jul 2024

"This temporary existence not to every

ones taste, yet for me at this time of

crippling pain, has created respite from

life's expectations.

 

I'm suspended between two worlds;"

 

You have captured...

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This wonderful evocation of

Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024

This wonderful evocation of another time and place is today's Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.

Congratulations, Turlough.

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This appears to be going well

Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024

This appears to be going well. Lots of magic interwoven into a quest. Looking good. Will read some more :)

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"He stood out because they

Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024

"He stood out because they all had beers in their hands but he was standing perfectly still, with his arms crossed and a felted wool toadstool on his head."

Spencer looks and sounds like a fish out of water more than ever in this episode...

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Well it's nice to hear that

Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024

Well it's nice to hear that Alfred had a break even if it seems to have arisen out of confusion. The company's loss and our gain at reading more of his work.I wonder if he will ever get back to his 'Henry VIII timeswap with Alfred' stories. Maybe...

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Posted in ‘D Day’ : Leap Into The Unknown! (Community Care!? Actually) by Alfred N. Muggins (current affairs observer, and undercover reporter!)

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Nicely done and you should

Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024

Nicely done and you should definitely carry on with this. It reads like ideal fiction for children/young adults with its lilting narrative. Looking forward to the next part

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