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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
Stirred and Shaken
'There was a stirring in the air, as if spirits moved unseen' (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol) The world stirs and scratches fretfully in...
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Holly and Oak
The sun, wrapped tight in swaddling bands Cradles low where the shadows dwell As the Holly King at his glorious peak Stirs sleeping limbs with...
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Flaming Christmas Fare
The flaming pud was always a hit With our dog, my brothers and me Filled with spices of exotic hue We never quite knew just how to behave, How to...
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The Emperor’s New Vocabulary
It was about nine-thirty, and the Teddy-Boy starlings had just concluded their usual morning assault on our bird feeders. A gang of juvenile...
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Refer To Drawer
Frustration is our persistent hum, our tinnitus, a worry-worm growing fat on our fragile assumptions. It lurks in the pale mist of our waking where...
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