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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, poor mannikin, he'll

Posted on Wed, 05 Feb 2025

ah, poor mannikin, he'll never live it down. 

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Posted in The Body in the Library

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ice cream with no money. Now

Posted on Fri, 31 Jan 2025

ice cream with no money. Now there's a thought. Worse. Coffee, nearly £4. Wow. I'm going to hide under a bridge too. Keep going. Nearly done. 

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 50

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forgetting the holocaust

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2025

Mark Hodkinson makes the same point, airy. When the last man or woman dies, the last witness. Deny. Deny. Deny. Forget. It's part of the curriculum in English schools. But then, why bother? A bit boring. A bit much. Of no relevance? The Holocaust...

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the murdered become murderers

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2025

the murdered become murderers, victims of genoice, commit genocide. Nothing good to report. But how can we stay silent? 

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illusion is allusion. That's

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

illusion is allusion. That's the way memory work. Yeh! 

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Posted in Portal

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I sense an ending. Not that I

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

I sense an ending. Not that I've got any sense to spare. I've got even less emotional range than a robot, but, of course, more than a Tory, or god help us, a Trumpet. 

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 49

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aye, it's of the I don't

Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2025

aye, it's of the I don't believe in ghosts but I'm still scared of them variety. seeing things. 

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Posted in The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two

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I've been out looking for

Posted on Thu, 16 Jan 2025

I've been out looking for Spencer. Alas no sucess. But I did find a charging cable. Maybe he has been here. 

robots, cybors, chatgbt and pattern-recognition software such as Fakebook tend to give advice. Shampoo bottles don't. [edit your...

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 48

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sorry about your sorrow, if

Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025

sorry about your sorrow, if that makes sense? 

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Posted in "Silence"

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A sad ending. 

Posted on Wed, 08 Jan 2025

A sad ending. 

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Posted in "Before They Call, I Will Answer, While They Are Still Speaking, I Will Hear." Part Five.

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