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Minefield
Too close to the playground. I told Pete we needed to stay by the garages, near our block of flats, but he never listened. We got spotted by the older boys who hung about by the swings.
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Danger Mouse
The outsourced HR lady had a mole on her cheek and I swear it expanded as the videocall went on. “We appreciate all the hard work you’ve done for us and we’ve really considered every option available. This hasn’t been an easy decision.”
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The Grizzling
Anne scrunched up a wet flannel and pressed it against my eye. The coldness made me flinch.
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Dayroom Conversation
It was the girls who starved themselves at school. Never the boys. No-one could explain why.
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Weightless
In the beginning, the absence of a body bothered me. I‘d look in the mirror and get upset about my weightlessness. Like all bouts of anxiety and melancholy, it passed.
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Nicely done, SJ
Posted on Tue, 11 Jul 2023
Nicely done, SJ
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Nicely done, Ewan.
Posted on Tue, 11 Jul 2023
Nicely done, Ewan.
I had a few names for it on a run along the seafront in Brighton this evening.
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Yes, do keep going! Loved
Posted on Fri, 30 Jun 2023
Yes, do keep going! Loved your reading earlier in the year and look forward to seeing these on the site.
Read full commentPosted in Toast! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 24)
Really easy to read and fun.
Posted on Fri, 30 Jun 2023
Really easy to read and fun.
Congrats -- this is our Pick of the Day. Please do share on Facebook and Twitter
Read full commentPosted in Toast! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 24)
Ah, I can tell you tales of
Posted on Tue, 04 Jul 2023
Ah, I can tell you tales of fertility stones in secret chambers beneath the floorboads of derelict churches!
Enjoyable tale. Nicely told. Quick one, can you say: Madeline McCann thing with the parents complicit. That sounds...
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Great storytelling again from
Posted on Mon, 26 Jun 2023
Great storytelling again from CM. The mystery keeps driving the reader forward, wanting to know more. Great characters and dialogue that pings back and forth.
Goatie is our Pick of the Day -- please do share on Twitter and Facebook.
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A total joy to read with such
Posted on Tue, 20 Jun 2023
A total joy to read with such a wonderful feel for the mud and clay of language. This is our Pick of the Day -- please do share on Facebook, Twitter and so on.
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Wonderful poem.
Posted on Tue, 20 Jun 2023
Wonderful poem.
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Nicely done, SJ
Posted on Tue, 13 Jun 2023
Nicely done, SJ
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Really enjoyed this, Di. You
Posted on Wed, 31 May 2023
Really enjoyed this, Di. You convey that sense of teenage discovery beautifully.
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