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

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

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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For Whom The Bell Tolls (The Centre Seethes)

At The Bell, summoned by the toxic tocsin of click-bait, hot-take pseudo-politics, proud under flags and banners emblazoned with broken English...
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Friendship

Short. Image is free for non-commercial use, source flicker.com
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Test

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410 of my comments have received 452 Great Feedback votes

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There will be

Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2020

...but as you know I'm writing Moffat III at the moment (12,000 words and counting). I always have a vanity project going, whilst I'm writing a novel. It helps to dive off into something else completely unrelated. Usually, The Picture Ranch or...

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Posted in Powerhousing II

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Ah well,

Posted on Wed, 18 Dec 2019

don't we know? "This is John, he...we used to know each other." Joan is about 19, John has been away for 20 years.
Yes, I know people don't like holes, but I do like clues, rather than telling everything.
Anyway, glad you liked it...

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Posted in A Polka Dot Dress

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It's the mothballs

Posted on Tue, 10 Jan 2017

I remember, and the faint smell of Lion pee and Turkish Delight.... hahaha. I do not know anyone who has never explored their parents' wardrobe. When I was 8, my dad's wardrobe had hundreds of football programmes from the 40's and 50's; Rangers...

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Posted in Grimms5

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This reminds me very much

Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2026

 of the kind of thing that Dan Coxon used to publish in his 'Tales from the Shadow Booth' Anthologies. There were 4 in the end, I think, They're still available on the 'Zon, as far as I know. Anyway, the stories in them were unsettling and almost...

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Posted in I. Deep Storage - Part Three

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Er ... I know

Posted on Sat, 04 Apr 2026

  ... and so did the writers of Toy Story: the catchphrase is a joke: "you can't go beyond infinity" as one of the character's creators once said.

I agree, Trump's spending plans are as dangerous as his belief that politics and diplomacy...

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Posted in Artemis Too?

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I collect

Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026

 proverbs and saws, although I'm no carpenter, so I'm always pleased to read a new one. You've used this one very well.

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Posted in A Hungry Bear Doesn’t Dance

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Congratulations, this is today's Pick of the Day, 23 March 2023

Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2026

  Touching, beautiful poetry, with a last line that will stay with me for a long time. That's why it's today's Pick of the Day. Congratulations.

Do please share if you like it too.

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Posted in A Steady Carry On

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Ralph is one

Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2026

  of, not to say the very, best of our poets here on ABCTales. We're very lucky to have him.

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Posted in A Steady Carry On

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Congratulations, this is Pick of the Day Monday 16th March 2026

Posted on Sat, 14 Mar 2026

 Short - anything but sweet - and very credible piece about something that must happen thousands of times a day.

[I must admit, I never even notice the signs and signals. (I might not be being sent any, of course)]

Anyway, that's...

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Posted in The Misunderstanding

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Congratulations, this is today's Pick of the Day, 9th March 2023

Posted on Mon, 09 Mar 2026

 No L-plates required here (see collection title for this piece). This is intriguing and deft poetry and that's why it's our Pick of the Day today. Do please share this on your SM, if you like it too.

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Posted in Inspiration point (IP) The Language of Flowers

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