Makis

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I have 54 stories published in 0 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 33647 times and 64 of my stories have been cherry picked.
53 of my 222 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 57 votes

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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.

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The Final Chapter

There was an old woman who lived in a book taking comfort from the fact that, without ever looking up, she could get through life with very little...
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Relatively Speaking

It is possible, you know. 'Is this seat taken?' I enquired tentatively, of a man who looked remarkably familiar. He looked up from a notebook filled...
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Silent Partners

When silence is louder than the commotion of life. Like all new ventures it set off well both partners keen to make the grade by driving the spade...
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The Gnomes of ABC

It's long been a total mystery to me that when posting an oeuvre on ABC you attract enthusiasts from across the land in search of the exciting, the...
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Ego Maximus Mundi

A letter from the principal of Donald Trump's college to his father, Mr Fred Trump, expressing the faculty's distress at its failure to penetrate...
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53 of my comments have received 57 Great Feedback votes

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Hello Turlough

Posted on Fri, 26 Sep 2025

Hello Turlough

I really enjoyed your diary entries, full of whimsy and the amusing ordinariness of everyday life. Great read!

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Posted in Bring Me the Head of St. Paisius of Hilendar

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I enjoyed this Jenny, it took

Posted on Thu, 11 Sep 2025

I enjoyed this Jenny, it took me along the same road way back when. I vividly remember the sense of freedom that came with the full licence.

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Posted in Letter Going Beyond The Grave

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Yes, it's a freepic.

Posted on Wed, 03 Sep 2025

Yes, it's a freepic.

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Posted in Our Journey of New Beginnings

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