Historical Fiction

The Old Chimney Sweep

By mcscraic on Thu, 21 Mar 2024

The Old Chimney Sweep By Paul McCann The chimney sweep came down the street looking as black as your boot With brushes and sticks in his hand to...

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Historical Fiction

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A Devil of a Man (11) - Behaving Badly

By luigi_pagano on Tue, 12 Mar 2024

Mischief and misconduct. (Image in the public domain)

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The Maid of Orleans

By luigi_pagano on Sat, 09 Mar 2024

Image from Wikimedia Commons - In the public domain

Historical Fiction

Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Poem

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A Devil of a Man (10) - An Earthly Paradise

By luigi_pagano on Tue, 05 Mar 2024

Unusual dishes called pasta...( Image from Wikimedia Commons in the public domain )

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A Devil of a Man (9) - Three Bags Full

By luigi_pagano on Sat, 02 Mar 2024

The black sheep.

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A Devil of a Man (8) - The Miller's Daughter

By luigi_pagano on Tue, 27 Feb 2024

tear the flesh = Sarcasm. From the late Greek “sarkazein,” - Image: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0)

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A Devil of a Man (7) - In Vino Veritas

By luigi_pagano on Thu, 22 Feb 2024

Tasting the local wine. - (Image from Wikimedia Commons - Diego Delso, delso.photo , License " CC-BY-SA "

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Pearly Gates : A Tour of Russia’s Hell by Alfred N.Muggins Part 2

By David Kirtley on Wed, 21 Feb 2024

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Part 2 Rasputin shows him around (was he a relative of some sort/ they shared the name Putin?) “You had power over your supporters, over all Russia,...

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The Long Call

By D G Moody on Wed, 21 Feb 2024

A poem inspired by Kipling's Harp Song of The Dane Woman. I did a reading at our poetry group with myself and a kind lady taking the voice of the wife left behind.