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Ugly Puggly 97
‘How’d it go?’ wee Jim sprung up from his seat. He didn’t wait for an answer. He was already racing towards the door and out into the carpark as if...
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Ugly Puggly 96
There was a glow from the kitchen. Molly had left the lights on. She was sitting with her back to me at the table playing Candy Crush. I wondered if...
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Ugly Puggly 95
‘I’ll hink about it,’ I tried palming him off with an excuse, but he wasn’t for letting me off so easily. ‘What’s there to think about?’ he asked. ‘...
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Ugly Puggly 94
A crunching sound, metal on metal. My foot almost to the floor on the brake, motoring down Mountblow Hill. At the end of the fence where the...
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Ugly Puggly 93
I’m not sure how it came about that Dave and Darrell ended up saying they’d stay the night. Maybe it was because Darrell uncorked a bottle of white...
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ah, a meeting of minds, or
Posted on Sat, 10 Aug 2024
ah, a meeting of minds, or toad hats. I guess it's us humans that are the toads. I'm getting worried about Spencer, which is good, because I'm thinking of him as almost human.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you..Part 32
Nigel Farage. Stick him and
Posted on Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Nigel Farage. Stick him and his family in a rubber dingy. Then nudge him away with a gunboat. Two lessons. Humility and payback.
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their buzzing lifts us out of
Posted on Sun, 04 Aug 2024
their buzzing lifts us out of the mundane, like your words, Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Bee Muse
the weight of youth is never
Posted on Mon, 05 Aug 2024
the weight of youth is never heavy but sometimes lasts too long.
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we all speak our own truth,
Posted on Mon, 05 Aug 2024
we all speak our own truth, but nobody listens. He'll learn. Eventually.
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wonderful storytelling. we do
Posted on Sat, 13 Jul 2024
wonderful storytelling. we do internatlise shame and project it onto others. the ending it special.
Read full commentPosted in The things we do for love
sounds enthralling. My mate's
Posted on Wed, 31 Jul 2024
sounds enthralling. My mate's sister told me about those orbs that are meant to show energy in action, precursors to ghostly presences. I'm not sure, the same as I'm not sure about a lot of things. Something wonderous like this story doesn't need...
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stairs grow and wind and we
Posted on Sat, 27 Jul 2024
stairs grow and wind and we grow wiser to the world with stories like this. wonderfully wise in a world that fails so many in so many different ways.
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we're all easily broken, but
Posted on Wed, 24 Jul 2024
we're all easily broken, but sometimes we're more than that as you show.
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A stop-start year.
Posted on Fri, 26 Jul 2024
A stop-start year.
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