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McCann case 3
In a world of nothing, the social-work office was the centre. Being a social-work client stripped away humanity. Left a covering layer of dignity,...
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McCann2
Fresh air in The Jolly Jack was for those locals in long coats with their backs to the door. Barry Ryan sneaked a quick look at he pushed through the...
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The McCann Case.
He remembered the first time he’d met Ryan. Full of talk about ‘systemic change’ and ‘empowerment’. All that shite about class warfare and the masses...
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'Penny’s Pass the Parcel’ Part 2
Sheriff Milton eased his cruiser to a stop, the tyres crunching on the gravel of Amos Snodgrass's driveway. The yellow crime tape fluttered in the...
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awaiting
She nipped out to the Co-op. It was cold out, but she didn’t have a jacket because she didn’t think she’d need a jacket because she wouldn’t be that...
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This is exactly the right
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
This is exactly the right size and shape. I wonder what new doors it will open and by whom?
Read full commentPosted in Penny’s Pass the Parcel - Part 7
I pride myself on being able
Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2026
I pride myself on being able to mss the most obvious clues. But unfunnily enough, I do know a Snodgrass. I'll go first and leave the solving to better sleuths.
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ah, superpowers. I'd love one
Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024
ah, superpowers. I'd love one, but the price is too high.
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I used to get hot flushes
Posted on Thu, 28 Mar 2024
I used to get hot flushes when I tried to talk to any beautiful girls I'd been at school with. I used the 15 pints and I was ready to roar, rather than the Erazofuge. As I got older I tried cutting down to a reasonable 12 pints. But I had to up...
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tragic, like you I don't have
Posted on Sat, 01 Dec 2018
tragic, like you I don't have an answer. Poverty, not morals is the key. We use the latter as a scapegoat, a standared practice by, for example, Jenhovah Witnesses to get a foot in the door, is to say how much worse the world is getting. They've...
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Lovely, he's not done.
Posted on Sat, 04 Apr 2026
Lovely, he's not done. Neither am I or think I'm not, but maybe.
Read full commentPosted in Since April
not all cats get to heaven? I
Posted on Fri, 03 Apr 2026
not all cats get to heaven? I guess that's fair. If I make the cut I hope not to meet Jordan Peterson or Donald J. Trump.
Read full commentPosted in Things that he took to the Afterlife
'Buddy can you spare a dime'
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
'Buddy can you spare a dime' was that call to recognise what was and is the rabid relations of class warfare. We lost. I'm a fan of Germinal too. Zola at his best.
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You've added to the moral
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2026
You've added to the moral turpitude. I'm not sure how to spell it, or what that means. Whatever it is, I like it.
Read full commentPosted in Penny’s Pass the Story - Part Four
'He’d followed up on a
Posted on Tue, 17 Mar 2026
'He’d followed up on a routine call from Hawthorne Elementary. An older man.' This bit is meant to signal a flashback.
Sherrif Milton remembering how he met Snoddy.
The previous paragraph eases the reader into the flashback. '...
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