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Period Piece - § 4

They walked home the way they walked home, her hand in his. He carried the day behind a level face, the missing hour and the folder with the date in...
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Tom All Alone 17 (ii)

Tom returned to school on the Monday, and Miss Newman was back again. But things weren't the same. As soon as he arrived in the playground he noticed...
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New Project Chapter 1

I’ve lived here all my life. the living room where I sit today watching homes under the hammer is the same place I dribbled out rusks over a faded...
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Amanderella and the Ppockingstull Treasure Chapter 5

Chapter 5. Reason for the visit. Lord Gottsnobbler edged a little closer to the fireplace, eyeing the wicker basket as though it might sprout legs. “...
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The First Witch Chapter 7

Chapter Seven. The Witch’s Cottage. Back at the campsite, Jasmine and Emdan slid down from Das’s back. Jasmine set the dragon‑skin box carefully...
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Period Piece - § 3

The slip was on his desk when he came back with his coffee, face down on the laminate. His name typed at the top, and a time, and under that the word...
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Period Piece - § 2

The work was a game, the same one every day. Alan sat at his console under the long tubes of light with the controller worn smooth in his hands and...
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Period Piece - § 1

The radio came on at six with a song Alan Merrick had heard a thousand times and could not have named. He let it play. Coffee and the gray slatted...

Banished To Earth Book Two (4)

Chapter Three 12 That same morning, Silhouette watched Stayner slash his way through mountainous swells as if they were smoke. Eventually, he shrank...
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The First Witch Chapter 6

Chapter Six. The Turret. They didn’t have to wait long for Das to return. He landed beside the carriage, looking thoroughly miserable. “I did not...