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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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Sean Happens 10
Tiredness and fag smoke glazed Sean’s eyes. He was falling asleep leaning against the work surface, but he wouldn’t give into it or go to bed. His...
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ah, good twist at the end.
Posted on Sat, 05 Apr 2025
ah, good twist at the end. Superheroes have to eat, even if they have no mouth.
Read full commentPosted in It's obviously a plot behind the human race's back
money and the maid it's one
Posted on Fri, 04 Apr 2025
money and the maid it's one of the oldest stews.
Read full commentPosted in Pawn (Episode 4 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))
No worries, insert, neither
Posted on Thu, 03 Apr 2025
No worries, insert, neither did I, and I should know.
Read full commentPosted in Steelie 15
we like to think we're
Posted on Fri, 04 Apr 2025
we like to think we're different, which means better, but often it means the same.
Read full commentPosted in Two Religions. Part Two.
Thanks insert. I'm glad you
Posted on Thu, 03 Apr 2025
Thanks insert. I'm glad you're still reading.
Sorry Jenny, two timelines. One is the pub. The other is 1936, Nazi Germany. If you look very closely you'll see the characters are the same or similair. Steelie is Von Stehle. Mole is Brodie...
Read full commentPosted in Steelie 15
you've turned feeling or lack
Posted on Thu, 03 Apr 2025
you've turned feeling or lack of it, into words that carry us with him and his hopelessness. Well done.
Read full commentPosted in The Young Man
maybe Di, I don't know. I'm
Posted on Sun, 23 Mar 2025
maybe Di, I don't know. I'm kinda just guessing and hoping it doesn't show too much and trying to find a path that begins and ends with a plot.
Read full commentPosted in Steelie 11
A guy jumped off the Erskine
Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024
A guy jumped off the Erskine Bridge last week (usually it's not reported as it encourages others). Many of the comments blamed immigrants. We, the working class, lost the propanganda war. We get Trump and Putin holding hands. We get hate, hate,...
Read full commentPosted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)
ah, Cedric. The story has
Posted on Fri, 28 Mar 2025
ah, Cedric. The story has been told mostly from Vanessa's point of view. Now we're getting a bored and jealous Spencer. He sounds human. The ongoing mystery of what Cedric is up to-- good enough to eat.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you - Part 56
Precious paper. Unprecious
Posted on Sat, 29 Mar 2025
Precious paper. Unprecious life.
Read full commentPosted in The days are packed
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