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I have 14 stories published in
one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 9841 times
and one story has been cherrypicked.
Maya-Rae McLaughlin
My stories
The Chef's Dilemma
The Chef's Dilemma Cuoco looked with satisfaction along the long line of his cooking pots hanging upside-down on the rack like soldiers on parade. No matter how busy his schedule, he always took time out to enjoy this, his favourite part of the day. It was at this time in the morning, as his staff made their prep for the coming evening that he truly believed that he ran his cucina with the precision of a general.
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If You Want to be a Writer
If You Want to be a Writer If you want to be a writer It helps if you're a fighter For they'll pull you down as easy as can be. If being a critic's what you're after There's nothing to me that's dafter
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Obeahman
Obeahman He watched the long shaft of sunlight fall across the room like a Zulu's spear. The noise of the hut coming to life pulled his mind fully from the mystical embrace of slumber and lazily he swung his legs out of the bed. He listened a while to the strident tones of his wife ordering her children around. 'Man caint git no peace,' he muttered to himself peevishly.
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Bob, Mama & Me
Bob, Mama & Me I meant to go to work. I was up in time and everything but when I got to the bus stop the darkness of the winter morning got inside my soul somehow and, for the third time in a fortnight, I turned back.
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The Fat Man's Revenge
The Fat Man's Revenge I never thought I'd see the day, really I didn't. If anyone's job was safe ' even in these precarious days ' it was mine. Or so I thought. 'What will I do?' I said to Them 'how will I spend my time now?'
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