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Land of Hope and Fury

By Ewan on Tue, 11 Nov 2025

Rant Photo is faked, from several different images. It is not a real place.

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I "put the sword down" over 20 years ago, now. 23 years lucky service - nearest I got to the field of battle was flying overhead at 12,000 metres listening out for SAM batteries comms. Others are not so lucky. This is for them. We shall remember them, too.

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An Eye for an Eye (will leave us all blind).

By Ewan on Fri, 03 Oct 2025

Well, it will. Image made by me using licensed elements at canva.com

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Virtual Reality

By Ewan on Fri, 26 Sep 2025

Across the network; bitcoins pay for virtual love, boys sit mute in dark rooms hoods up inside, as if in hiding - from themselves. Outside at bus-...

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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...

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...

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...

Posted in A Final Message From Moscow

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Congratulations, This is Today's Pick of the Day 24th Nov 2025

Posted on Mon, 24 Nov 2025

Part of an ongoing Sci Fi piece that grips from part one. That's why it's our pick of the day today. Well done.

Posted in The Harvest Floor (Chapter Three)

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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...

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

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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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.

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...

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.