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I have 54 stories published in
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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
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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It's Grim Up North
Whilst strolling gently down twilight road I encountered a man worsted by sombre load His knees were bent and shoulders cowed And his manner ungainly...
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The Still Waiting
A story with a beginning, a middle and an end The third class carriage door slammed behind him as he dropped his suitcase onto the platform and took...
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Our Journey of New Beginnings
We arrive from distant lands at a place where futures are chiselled from blank ingots of youthful prospect Anxious, hesitant, vulnerable and naïve...
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