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The Net Caster (Part Nine)
Finally, I could start casting a net for Hamish Mansoorian. But the results were impossible.
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The Net Caster (Part Eight)
I began to shake. The room rippled round me and the options of weeping or going to sleep vied for my attention. Was I a murderer, or just a thief?
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The Net Caster (Part Seven)
I slid into the mob. Their eyes darted instantly to my face, scanning my forehad, seeking any trace of an Irrevocable Tattoo.
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The Net Caster (Part Six)
I saw them then, the gold uniformed officers, marshalling the crowd, herding it down the boulevard towards me.
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The Net Caster (Part Five)
Under Cytherea's two suns, the talking taxi was taking me to a destination I knew nothing of.
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025
Passionate and intensely moving, this is our Social Media Pick of the Day. Please do share - it deserves to be as widely read as possible.
Read full commentPosted in Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table
And when even the most
Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025
And when even the most compliant start getting restive about the inconvenient dead bodies and starving kids, hey, let's go bomb somewhere else as a bit of a distraction and the latest entry in the dick-swinging competition.
Thanks for...
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I do have a smartphone, but I
Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2025
I do have a smartphone, but I refuse to use it to pay anything, or have any apps that require me to upload bank details. It's handy for taking photos (where I would take photos anyway, not to Instagram my life!). I use very basic apps, really....
Read full commentPosted in The Erosion of Choice
Thanks, Di. As we all melt
Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2025
Thanks, Di. As we all melt into puddles here, I was wondering if it's a bit cooler up where you are? You have all those wonderful woods near you, which maybe ward off a bit of the heat.
I was in Scarborough a little while ago, just for a...
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2025
This hypnotic piece is our Social Media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Picture by Jmabel, free to use at Wikimedia Commons:...
Read full commentPosted in The Night Cafe
This is so lovely, Jenny. It
Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2025
This is so lovely, Jenny. It really struck a chord with me. I've never been much of a one for gardening - and now don't have a garden anyway - but the sentiment is so applicable to many aspects of life. I'm having one of those periods of writer's...
Read full commentPosted in When Time Has Elapsed
A piece of beauty in the
Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2025
A piece of beauty in the midst of all the stuff clanging in our ears and eyes. In the street I lived in before we had an urban fox who trotted around at night as though he/she owned the place, which was lovely, except when they raided the bins....
Read full commentPosted in The Fox and the Siamese
This is really great,
Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2025
This is really great, flowing and easy to read, but so thoughtful and full of insight. It's quite true, the children who never made it are always with us. I am so looking forward to the next part of this!
Read full commentPosted in The Vale - Part One (b)
Pick of the Day
Posted on Wed, 04 Jun 2025
This is our brilliant social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Picture by Sirimiri, free to use via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons....
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This is beautiful, Penny, and
Posted on Tue, 03 Jun 2025
This is beautiful, Penny, and so glad to see something new from you. Magical and hopeful. Into the light indeed. Thank you!
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