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You are not your illness.
The girls left a heady brew of perfume behind. I poured Etian some water and he was well enough to sit up in bed and sip it. He began coughing and...
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Cancer ward
‘I’ll be back for lunch,’ I sat on the side of his bed and squeezed his hand—‘someone’s got to make sure you eat something.’ The two policemen...
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The Rules of Leviticus.
We had an extended breakfast. His eyes crinkled with laughter watching me make a pig of myself and eating for two. My eyes jerked open, when Etian...
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Glasgow's Necropolis
I didn’t sleep that night. My wife clung to me in our bed and whispered to me not to go. She was pregnant. Her belly pushing against me, her smooth...
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Creeping F-ing Jesus.
The old man pulls a crumpled hanky from the side pocket of his jacket, and blows his nose. He peers at his notes and then at us with watery grey eyes...
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sleep, don't weep.
Posted on Thu, 05 Oct 2023
sleep, don't weep.
Read full commentPosted in First To Wake
Assad is no Muggins.
Posted on Wed, 04 Oct 2023
Assad is no Muggins.
Read full commentPosted in Holidays in Timbuctou, by Alfred N.Muggins (rogue reporter!)
Frank was greeted by his
Posted on Wed, 04 Oct 2023
Frank was greeted by his smiling wife who was sitting up, smiling [sometimes you can get too much smiling]
$20 is a good deal.
I like your notes at the end. But in fiction, unnecessary. If I listed my influneces, I'd run out of...
Read full commentPosted in Devil's Advocate (Part Three of Three)
thanks iinsert. you're right.
Posted on Tue, 03 Oct 2023
thanks iinsert. you're right. no eyelashed. no eyebrows. bit of a mess. but I guess you're use to that. thanks for pick of the day, drew. jenny, as always, thanks for your continued support. you make me sound as if I know what I'm doing. marinda...
Read full commentPosted in Love Story 2
Alfred goes back in time. I
Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023
Alfred goes back in time. I guess divorce is out.
Read full commentPosted in The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.5 by Alfred Muggins (himself) Part 2 : Wives
wife better? deal with the
Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023
wife better? deal with the devil? But we know it doesn't work. What next?
Read full commentPosted in Devil's Advocate (Part Two of Three)
a favourite tree isn't going
Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023
a favourite tree isn't going to run away any time soon., Jenny. Great to honour it
Read full commentPosted in Beneath My Favourite Tree
I rember Choppers. I'd have
Posted on Fri, 29 Sep 2023
I rember Choppers. I'd have been about 11. And the even shiter optiion. Chipper.
Read full commentPosted in The Fall of the Mountain King
you make much of not much
Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023
you make much of not much more than movement. always enough to draw the eye.
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no dark corners in the sea.
Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023
no dark corners in the sea. We bring them with us.
Read full commentPosted in I Found the Sea
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