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Small Town Insurrection
I walked through the maze of streets and alleyways, trying to remember how to reach the town square. Seagulls circled above me, swooping low over my head and crying out like I was a scrap of food to be snaffled in their beaks.
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Alabaster Conjugal 4.1
Paul pawed at me and whimpered. I guessed he wanted a walk and was hungry. I fed him the custard creams left by housekeeping on the tray on the table with the teas and coffees.
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Alabaster Conjugal 4
Rita ran the only B&B I could find in X-On-Sea with a vacant room. She didn’t like the look of my black dog. “What’s it called?” she said.
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Alabaster Conjugal 3.2
I opened the wine and swigged. The moon hadn’t judged me harshly. It was the sun I couldn’t trust.
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Alabaster Conjugal 3.1
“Happiness is fleeting. Sadness, it can last forever.”
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This is so well put. The way
Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025
This is so well put. The way the world, or various versions of it, flood in through our phones or whatever devices we use can't be right. The speed of it all too. Quiet spaces feel more important than ever. Thanks for posting.
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"I was too drunk and fresh
Posted on Sun, 01 Jun 2025
"I was too drunk and fresh from seething to realise how horrendous this sounded. It was a smear on the lad’s name. A boy just. Only twenty. I’d apologise in the morning. To the Lord above."
Brilliant writing, Sean. The characters. The...
Read full commentPosted in Fussbuckets
Really enjoyed this, Sean.
Posted on Sat, 24 Aug 2024
Really enjoyed this, Sean. Need to catch up with the other chapters but I liked the eccentricities and idiosyncrancies of the characters and the town. The horror of no bog roll was also well done.
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This is fantastic, Itane.
Posted on Sat, 31 Aug 2024
This is fantastic, Itane. That narrator's voice is pitch perfect.
Read full commentPosted in Our ways to be free
Lovely piece of storytelling
Posted on Sun, 11 Feb 2024
Lovely piece of storytelling and character building. Will keep an eye out for more.
Couple of spots -- mugs are ceramic, no? (Not glass)
Progidy -- Prodigy?
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Congrats on the PoD. Such a
Posted on Wed, 27 Dec 2023
Congrats on the PoD. Such a disgrace. Thatcher's insane children.
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Enjoyed this, Turlough. Loved
Posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2023
Enjoyed this, Turlough. Loved the idea him coveting his neightbour's wife.
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Enjoyed this, Jane. Was
Posted on Thu, 07 Dec 2023
Enjoyed this, Jane. Was chatting about Brum to my partner the other day. I used to have to go there quite a bit for work and never felt a love for the place, but she thinks it's great. Interesting to read your take on it.
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Totally agree. Think you
Posted on Tue, 31 Oct 2023
Totally agree. Think you should definitely submit your stuff Jane if you haven't already. It's fabulous and deserves to be enjoyed by a wider audience. You're a brilliant writer.
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More great writing, Jane.
Posted on Tue, 31 Oct 2023
More great writing, Jane. Congratulations -- this is our Pick of the Day. Please do share and like on social.
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