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StoryBron-35 Ivan the OK-ish65 days 20 hours ago
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StoryGo On! Ewan11 week 2 days ago
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StoryMcCalliog and his hens (6) Terrence Oblong31 week 3 days ago
StorySlow Down Ewan01 week 5 days ago
StorySwept Under: Chapter 6: (looking for feedback) 25/04/26 Sir Loin11 week 6 days ago
StoryI Wonder... markashley31 week 6 days ago
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StoryThe Donaldson Controversy (3) Terrence Oblong12 weeks 3 days ago
StoryA Handful of Tyrants Ewan72 weeks 4 days ago
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Story"End Of Beginning" Lille Dante53 weeks 3 days ago
StoryA Hungry Bear Doesn’t Dance Turlough163 weeks 5 days ago
StoryI. Deep Storage - Part Three SoulFire7741 month 6 hours ago
Story Inspiration point (IP) The Language of Flowers ScoZen71 month 2 days ago
StoryArtemis Too? Ewan141 month 2 days ago
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StoryThe Misunderstanding GlosKat171 month 3 weeks ago
StoryBirthday Blues Ewan61 month 3 weeks ago
StoryFinders Keepers Ewan01 month 3 weeks ago
StoryEverything's All Right in the Middle East Robert Levin21 month 3 weeks ago
StoryNursery R-AI-me Ewan21 month 3 weeks ago
Blog entryPhishing Ewan02 months 5 days ago
StoryLast Week's Oranges Ewan112 months 1 week ago

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My stories

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Go On!

Hmmm... probably not nearly long enough for some and - whilst it may not have the famous six layers of meaning ... well, make your own minds up.
Cherry

Slow Down

Overnight the news was on: people talk fast nowadays, soundbytes even on Mainstream Media are delivered fast and loud, the questions are always shorter than the answers, which are generally little more than an on-line pitch for tiktok or instagram.
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Cherry

A Handful of Tyrants

Never thought I'd be thanking a Pope for anything, but he did give me the title.
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Gold cherry

Artemis Too?

I saw their projected track, the one where they'll lasso the moon: a figure 8 to the dark side - and back? What if they don't make it? What if it's...
Gold cherry

Birthday Blues

It was my birthday, so I could write what I liked. Image made from PD elements at canva.com
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412 of my comments have received 454 Great Feedback votes

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Well done

Posted on Wed, 10 Jul 2024

  not quite the ending I was expecting (that's a good thing, BTW) despite the clues.

Not sure about Just Stop Oil's methods myself. Equally, I want to know how long it took them to get to Stonehenge on their pushbikes, because of course...

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Posted in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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A Cancer Diary

Posted on Wed, 14 Jun 2023

 is something that many patients - as my wife was - are advised by the assigned medical team to keep. Very few see the light of day, my wife's didn't, but everyone has to deal with cancer in their own way. I haven't read my wife's diary. We are...

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Posted in Cancer Log 3

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We used to look forward to

Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022

The Day of Victory celebrations every year at Teufelsberg, (West Berlin Listening Post) because it meant there was no operational flying by AFGSFG The Air Force of the Group of Forces Germany, which was what NATO named the Soviet Air Force(s) in...

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Posted in A Final Message From Moscow

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Congratulations, this today's Pick of the Day, 30th March 2026

Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026

  A fine poem, with sentiments which will chime with many readers - and that's why it's today's Social Media Pick of the Day.

Please do share it on your own social media pages/accounts/et cetera if you can.

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Posted in A Hungry Bear Doesn’t Dance

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It's a

Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2025

 fake, I'm afraid, cobbled together from several images, as indicated in the summary.
Respecting the BBC, there is absolutely no excuse for what the Panorama team did in the editing suite. Trump doesn't need to be edited to sound foolish or...

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Posted in Land of Hope and Fury

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At a Saw Doctors concert

Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2025

 not very long ago, we were informed that MAGA really stands for Make Accordions Great Again

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Posted in Land of Hope and Fury

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Congratulations, This is Today's Pick of the Day, 10th Nov 2025

Posted on Mon, 10 Nov 2025

 Like being in the pub with JP Donleavy,Roddy Doyle or Dave Allen. Or maybe a combination of all three. Turlough's easy, cosy, self-deprecating humour never fails to make me smile. That's why it's today's Pick of the Day. Do please share on your...

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Posted in Turlough Ó Carolan's Farewell to Turlough Ó Maoláin

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This is our Social Media Pick of the Day 22nd September 2025

Posted on Mon, 22 Sep 2025

Odd, frightening, like an episode of The Twilight Zone. It's the detail that grabs the reader ("snakeskin shoes") ... And that's why it's our Social Media Pick of the Day, Well done, Mark.

Do please share, fellow ABCTalers.

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Posted in Homicidal Spreadsheet

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I like this,

Posted on Mon, 08 Sep 2025

  but the formatting has problems.

Stanza three, line 2 has half of what should be the start of line 3 at its end.

In stanza five your punctuation needs to show which are the words of "T'Grim Reaper" (Ho,ho)

'Ay up,' he...

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Posted in It's Grim Up North

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I'm late to this, but

Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2025

  it really is very good. You may well be able to place it with the right publisher when it's finished. Even if you can't, I think it would do well via self-publication/KDP etc.

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Posted in Ghigau 12

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