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The meowin’s comin from the tall bins at the bottom of the chute in a block of flats.
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The Nifty
The old lady calls me from the doorway of her ground floor flat.
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Nah, Nah Not Funny
Warm glass is kinda nasty. On a thick brown bottle too. That’s the worst. Some alkie musta left it half empty on the wall of broken bricks.
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the ward
thin tubes pipe oxygen
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37 Degrees Celsius (part II)
A large yew tree arched over a small stone chapel. Smithy surveyed the rows of headstones, the different sizes and colours. He never did like the black granite ones. They reminded him of tackily designed kitchens.
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Thanks for sharing this, Di.
Posted on Sat, 18 Mar 2023
Thanks for sharing this, Di. It must have been unbelievably painful and frustrating. I hope you did find a way through and your son is okay.
I think the anger point is absolutely spot on and the destruction it causes, both outer and inner...
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I thiought it had Black
Posted on Tue, 07 Feb 2023
I thought it had Black Mirror vibes about it. I think this is one of my favourite things I've read by you. I personally love sci-fi. The best always created a world like ours and then tilted reality slightly. I guess the difference now is that...
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Congrats -- this is our Pick
Posted on Tue, 07 Feb 2023
Congrats -- this is our Pick of the Day. Please do share on Facebook, Twitter et al!
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Order has been placed. I
Posted on Wed, 02 Sep 2020
Order has been placed. I really like the blue of your kitchen -- definitely taking notes for when I finally get on the property ladder next year.
And a very enjoyable read.
I suggested Vonnegut to someone I used to work with and...
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This is even better on the
Posted on Tue, 28 Mar 2023
This is even better on the second reading. What a belter of a short story this is. The way you build it up, take it down, and then build it up again is top drawer.
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Enjoyed reading this,
Posted on Tue, 28 Mar 2023
Enjoyed reading this, Marandina. You capture the ruggardness of the landscape, rich with myth and legend.
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Ha! Yeah, I read Kestral for
Posted on Mon, 27 Mar 2023
Ha! Yeah, I read Kestral for a Knave a few years ago for the first time and it blew my mind. Read a fair bit of Barry Hines after. He's a wonderful writer. Great descriptions of home, work and school and a real hard edge to the way he describes...
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Read this a few times. I don
Posted on Sat, 18 Mar 2023
Read this a few times. I don't have kids myself so am drawing partly on where I grew up and the kids I knew who went into Care and the different stories I heard (some of which would have been true, some made up). I guess that was a long time ago...
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Congrats -- this excellent
Posted on Tue, 14 Mar 2023
Congrats -- this excellent piece, which has real rhythm and pace to it, is our Pick of the Day -- Please do share on Facebook, Twitter et al.
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I've never heard of this
Posted on Tue, 14 Mar 2023
I've never heard of this story before. The detail about hastening the end is especially grim as I guess it was known by people that the condemned were often still alive after the drop. Very evocative and deftly put together -- the coffin as a...
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