Ed Crane
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New Directions (27)
A call to Dev didn’t happen. A snotty AI voice pretending to be a female explained in staccato tones the number was unavailable – a lie and not a lie...
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New Directions (26)
She was asleep. Drawing a seat as close to her as I could I leaned Ted and Lucy’s envelope against the water jug sitting on the grey metal cabinet aside the bed.
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New Directions (25)
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New Directions pt24
24 It took quite a bit of persuasion to stop Karen from grabbing the key and going to the cottage while I finished my second pint. ‘You have to leave...
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New directions pt 23
More gris than noir at the mo
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Hello again CARmen
Posted on Mon, 19 Aug 2024
Sadly I must refuse your request to be your leader as I am not now a car and have not been one since I was eleven years old.
I would suggest you try to make contact with SIR LEWIS HAMILTON as I am sure he will be as concerned about...
Read full commentPosted in I Am A CAR! Part Two.
Hi CARmen,
Posted on Mon, 19 Aug 2024
Hi CARmen,
I assume you paid the ULEZ charge when you visited your new wheeler pals in London.
One question crossed my mind on reading this: Do Diesels, Petrols, Hybrids and EVs all accept each other's differences or is there a need...
Read full commentPosted in I Am A CAR! Part Two.
Your final line reminded me of the black out in Blade Runner
Posted on Thu, 02 May 2024
2049 a worldwide crash and virtually all records were lot because it was digitalised --- no paper It maywerll happen in the not so distant future
All those thousands of photos we can take for free on smartphones and digital camera ---...
Read full commentPosted in Turn and Face the Strange
better than spending it on heroin or ketamine, Maxy!
Posted on Wed, 01 May 2024
Read full commentPosted in Short Stories. Part Five.
this made me think of the celandines that spring up
Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024
along the path where I take my dog every morning. Every day a few more, soon they'll have to give way to the young sycamore and hedge parsley. It's lovely to see these old friends every spring.
Nice one Rhia!
Read full commentPosted in Gentle march of the seasons
I love Breugel's paintings, I had to read this
Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024
Land of Milk and Honey. So many hidden messages in his works during days when dissent was a dangerous past time. Nothing changes ...
Read full commentPosted in The Road to Erehwon
Certainly accepting Asimov's three laws would make sense
Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2024
Or to put it another way:
Nothing can go wrong - gowronh - go wromg- go wong- go wwong - go wring-go go go go gggggg.......
Read full commentPosted in I'm Afraid of AI
yes green shoots pushing through fallen leaves when I
Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024
walk the dog. Saw the first snowdrop yesterday
Read full commentPosted in Progress!
Thanks Di
Posted on Thu, 01 Feb 2024
I am going to make a small change to the final line so it is clear the narrator is not interested in the old ladie's money. I re-read it and it seemed to look that way.
Read full commentPosted in New Directions (8)
Thanks Turlough
Posted on Mon, 15 Jan 2024
Everything seems grey these days. So many houses finished in mono colours I find it depressing. Chic doesn't have to be black and white.
Thanks for popping in.
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