celticman
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Ugly Puggly 20
Ugly Puggly’s garden may have been a death trap with all that broken glass running down the slope, and the turning frame of a windmill, but the...
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Ugly Puggly 19
The newsagent asked how my wife was doing, which put me on a downer. I guessed I was being racist, thinking Asian folk shouldn’t be trained to read...
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Ugly Puggly 18
Ugly Puggly was doing something with broad beans and peas, boiling them to death. ‘Whit have you got in the oven?’ I smacked my lips together, after...
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Ugly Puggly 17
We balanced plates of linguine dappled with parmesan on our laps in the living room. Ugly Puggly sat in his armchair across from us and sipped green...
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Ugly Puggly 16
Hands deep in my pockets, I whistled Come on Irene for some reason, as I didn’t even like the song when it first came out. The pavement was speckled...
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yeh, funny how leaflets or
Posted on Wed, 08 Jun 2022
yeh, funny how leaflets or couples holding hands when you're getting sterilised. He knew she was there by the way she turned the door handle. that's a truth.
Read full commentPosted in S T Vasectomy Clinic - (11)
I wonder if it's the same
Posted on Tue, 07 Jun 2022
I wonder if it's the same girl left behind by her father when he attacked the Roundheads.
Read full commentPosted in The Castle (16)
seems like a good strategy,
Posted on Mon, 06 Jun 2022
seems like a good strategy, killing with knndness.
Read full commentPosted in The Castle (15)
I'm old enough to remember
Posted on Sun, 05 Jun 2022
I'm old enough to remember Starship: We built this city on rock and roll. Great story, but I'd have made the protagonist the opposite sex. Cliched, I know.
Read full commentPosted in Mole
I could do with that button
Posted on Fri, 03 Jun 2022
I could do with that button to jolt my memory. And there is sometihing about long corridors that are offputting.
Read full commentPosted in 1:1:3 Dreaming (Part 2)
the Adventurer to taste the
Posted on Fri, 03 Jun 2022
the Adventurer to taste the freedom of the open sea.
this is cliched. But a good change of pace and storyline.
Read full commentPosted in The Castle (14)
ah, the ragged girl mirrors
Posted on Thu, 02 Jun 2022
ah, the ragged girl mirrors Elowen and hoves into view. I expect we'll see more of her.
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The dye for this project is
Posted on Thu, 02 Jun 2022
The dye for this project is cast. [die].
ah, but what of the litte girl among the trees?
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yeh, these times do promote a
Posted on Thu, 02 Jun 2022
yeh, these times do promote a sense of unreality. Kansas is as good a place as anywhere There's no place like home.
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yes, the mystery deepens. You
Posted on Thu, 02 Jun 2022
yes, the mystery deepens. You've captured it well.
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