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Tom Emery
Now retired from a career in teaching, I live in Scarborough, where I spend my days reading, writing, travelling and playing the piano, but not necesserily in that order.
My stories
A Grimm Tale
There once was a rich man who had two sons, one of whom was extremely handsome, but feckless and lazy, and the other plain of countenance, but clever...
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An Ode To The Commode
For the IP challenge I acquired a commode, but aware of its purpose, was careful not to goad the unwary or those of more delicate mode It stood by...
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The Pianola
It sat in pride of place in gran's front parlour, a place to sneak into while the grown-ups did their grown-up things in other parts of the house. A...
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The Marriage Chest
She acquired a chest of golden hue with drawers of graded size where things would be stored for a longed for life with the perfect man whose eyes...
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In The Parish of Saint Pancras of Rome
It was born of delay in 1862, when frustration turned to affray Trains were halted on congested line, with delays so horrendous That even the benign...
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