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Sean Happens 13
Miss Dill went to run the bath. She sat smoking on the on edge of the tub, dipping her fingers in to the water to test the temperature. Mr Martin...
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Sean Happens 12
Dad staggered into the kitchen like his legs were encased in iron struts. He held out a primitive crossbow. A kind of spike in the narrow crosspiece...
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Sisters.
I didn’t know I had a sister until it was too late. Snow muffled sound and the weight of the outside world. We didn’t have money for the electricity...
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Memento Mori
You’re frightened by time Last frolics of fading white lies Risky, holding facts You drop them from your dry lips Search for them on the floor...
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Sean Happens 11
‘You can’t kill The Spider as easy as that,’ said Miss Dill. ‘He was already dead in a way. He was born without a soul.’ Mr Martin pursed his lips. ‘...
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my mind is indeed restless.
Posted on Sat, 31 May 2025
my mind is indeed restless.
Read full commentPosted in Float Downstream.....
what became of Wham and the
Posted on Sat, 31 May 2025
what became of Wham and the Professor of Statistical Neuro-Imaging? Great punchline. We're imaging the school bully. Not it being the narrator.
Read full commentPosted in Fraction too much fiction
we could do with more light,
Posted on Fri, 30 May 2025
we could do with more light, flamebearers.
Read full commentPosted in Flamebearer
starter for ten. great
Posted on Fri, 23 May 2025
starter for ten. great imagery and suspense. Ends with a bang.
Read full commentPosted in POSTAGE
sad, in many ways, so few
Posted on Wed, 14 May 2025
sad, in many ways, so few places like Windchimes and that's the last of respite care. I've been thinking of the arguement for Assisted Dying (which I'm broadly in favour of) but I've little doubt for the disabled and neurodiverse there will be...
Read full commentPosted in The Rest of My Life: Windchimes
lifting the lid, indeed. what
Posted on Fri, 16 May 2025
lifting the lid, indeed. what a life.
Read full commentPosted in Without Wheels
Motorbiking rather than
Posted on Sat, 10 May 2025
Motorbiking rather than docility. good ending.
Read full commentPosted in Your child will remember this day forever
when life is slow we've
Posted on Sun, 11 May 2025
when life is slow we've nowhere to go, but back to ourselves.
Read full commentPosted in On Godrevy Beach
I'm not a great man to ask
Posted on Thu, 08 May 2025
I'm not a great man to ask about music, or things in general. Dreampop. Sounds like my kinda sound, not that I listen, which is often the best way.
Read full commentPosted in That's Dream Pop
tics all the boxes. Blondie
Posted on Wed, 07 May 2025
tics all the boxes. Blondie was always great to look at. I'm not sure she could actually sing, live?
Read full commentPosted in The Fish on the Hill
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