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Rust and Dust 3

By celticman on Fri, 03 Oct 2025

The Tink fell into step beside her. Something in her stirred and unsettled him. And it wasn’t just her beauty or her overpowering perfume. He’d...

Drama

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Rust and Dust 2

By celticman on Wed, 01 Oct 2025

‘There’s a strange smell in here.’ She paused in the doorway as if to gather it up and make certain. She was small but had that wide-eyed presence...

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Rust and Dust

By celticman on Wed, 24 Sep 2025

Scratching the styptic strip from under his double chin and craning his neck, the gaffer stared past the Tink as if trying to catch him out. The...

Noir

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I understand your pain.

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025

I understand your pain. Although, of course, I'm too busy understanding my own pain. I'm reading about contagion and infection rates and mathematical modelling. Books are like that. Well, not mine. Or not yours. But we can only hope.

Posted in You are surprised as a published writer…

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AI is a worry, among others.

Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025

AI is a worry, among others. Poetry may be the answer.

Posted in Perverse Future

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The love robot rivals and now

Posted on Fri, 18 Apr 2025

The love robot rivals and now Cedric has a screw loose (metaphorically) of course.

Posted in Parcel for You - Part 58

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wow. exactly. I once gave a

Posted on Tue, 18 Feb 2025

wow. exactly. I once gave a talk and one of my lines were: Everybody was allowed to hit you. And they'd think of a good reason for it later.

Aye.

Posted in A series of horses decreasing in size

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cybermates, Spencer and

Posted on Fri, 10 Jan 2025

cybermates, Spencer and tweezers. It's all gadgets going.

Posted in Parcel for You - Part 47

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aha. Spencer reaps revenge

Posted on Thu, 02 Jan 2025

aha. Spencer reaps revenge for his bad wiring! We need some scary music. Dddddddddddddddddddd.

Posted in Parcel for You - Part 46

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great stuff. good definitions

Posted on Fri, 04 Oct 2024

great stuff. good definitions of sheep singular and plural. They replaced people in large parts of the Highlands and Island, while not being very large. My guess is Spencer and his ilk will do the same with us.

Posted in Parcel for you....Part 36

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wonderful storytelling.

Posted on Tue, 24 Sep 2024

wonderful storytelling.

Posted in Tom All Alone (2)

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red, red, and read. There

Posted on Sun, 01 Sep 2024

red, red, and read. There should be rage, but it is hidden in pop-up stories.

Posted in They Were Only Children

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I did have a fight with Marti

Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2024

I did have a fight with Marti Pellow's brother, we called him Kojak, after he tried to lift a few can from our carry out. Love was all arounds us. So the feeling grows.