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EBOLOWA 41

41 A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...

Just Past Three in the Morning (20)

Penny was buzzing. She was flapping around the room, infused with a kind of excitement I don't think I'd ever seen in her. “He asked me!” She...

The BC Adventure 38

20 November. 1922 Cedar Creek My own Lovey darling. I got your lettergram at the Dam today. You should have had my letter by the time you sent it but...

The Jealous Husband

The Jealous Husband! 1280 Words Taken from the Parkinson's 2016 Show. Two men having a telephone conversation The Phone Rings Brian: (Answering phone...

Spring Sunset (Song)

1. Sun showers colours over me like a colossal blossom tree pulling pink petals from its crown that, scattered, flutter gently down. Chorus: Lets sit...

We Have A Problem

A couple faces what is perhaps their greatest challenge as parents: helping their daughter with her math homework. This set of problems sure causes a lot of, shall we say, other problems.

Just Past Three in the Morning (19)

He considered sending Heather a card. Would that be over the top? Maybe. She'd really helped him, she hadn't faltered, she'd had the patience of a...

Two Kings, Two Feasts

[Continuing the idea of a hymn for Sundays] The Despot Herod held a feast, and showed himself a tyrant beast, gave to the dancer her vile wish of righteous John’s head on a dish. But, Jesus saddened, found a place of quiet, but crowds still sought his face, he had compassion on their need, and gave them truth and bread to feed …

The Star-Gypsy

Whirling down out of the glittering purple sky, in a colourful haze of energy came a rotating, wheel shaped space ship; the brightly painted Staravan...

Aftermath

Is it really better to have love and lost?

Just Past Three in the Morning (18)

Pigsy showed up on my doorstep one night at about eight o'clock. He looked a mess. And he opened with: “I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't be here right...

Untitled

I open my eyes to a darkness that is so dense I can almost touch it. I lay still, staring into the nothingness, gradually becoming aware of the pain...

The Florrie and Jack Dialogues : The Write Stuff : (Episode 4)

The Write Stuff Florrie : Do you know, Jack, your Aunt Cilla was telling me Trevor has lost the will to live in that prison? Jack : Two years is an...

We Can Have What Satan Can't

We can have what Satan can't, we can live for eternity. This is the reward that is available for you and me. Eternal life is something that we can...
Gold cherry

Accidentally succeeding

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Rough Roads To Roam (Poetry Monthly)

The flames of the furnace (well-travelled by wind slowly glazing the rags of gray women chagrined at the sight of a hair fleeing tresses now thinned...

Typewritten

Hiding mistakes under the integrated TipEx band with the automatic spell-check function on an electronic machine. Hitting all the keys at once on so...

The BC Adventure 36

November 9, 1922 Cedar Creek My own Lovey darling, I'm ashamed of myself Sweetheart for not writing for such a long time. I think of you dearest all...

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