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Is Kerry Katona a Cat Owner?
Marching on together through the first fifteen days of the month at a steady rate of one hundred words per day.
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an empty floating
echo space expanded extensive extended a simple drop of water blue purple crystal in a shattered sphere and the glint of something hidden drifting in...
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Bron-28
Cotinued from Chapter 27: Bron-27 | ABCtales “Well, if I had a pound for every bugger who said what a character he was I’d be … well, I wouldn’t be...
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Artemis Too?
I saw their projected track, the one where they'll lasso the moon: a figure 8 to the dark side - and back? What if they don't make it? What if it's...
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Since April
The mockingbird on the gutter has been running through his list since before the sun came up. He does not stop for traffic. He does not stop for me...
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McCann case 3
In a world of nothing, the social-work office was the centre. Being a social-work client stripped away humanity. Left a covering layer of dignity,...
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A List
Dogs and their expressions, Holidays in Greece. Taking music lessons, The chance of global peace. Sunlight on a summer dress, Laughing with a friend...
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GHIGAU 30 (PT2)
The Mercedes certainly was a beautiful car, if you liked that sort of thing. It was whisper quiet, with seats that cooled and massaged their...
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GHIGAU 30 (PT1)
Lenny was still towelling his hair dry after a shower, when his phone rang. “Lenny? Sam Tate.” He pulled the towel around his waist and sat on the...
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Things that he took to the Afterlife
Clutching his dog's ashes, his grandfather’s watch chain and a recipe for toad in the hole, he joined the queue for the afterlife. His last few...
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Bonnie Prince Charlie (Slight Return)
You saw him at the foot of the ancestral staircase, not quite see through but wavering in the sunlight heavy with Cairngorm dust, like midges...
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V. The Dependents - Part Three
She drove to the facility on Saturday morning wearing the dress she'd worn to Miguel's funeral. She didn't realize this until she was in the parking...
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McCann2
Fresh air in The Jolly Jack was for those locals in long coats with their backs to the door. Barry Ryan sneaked a quick look at he pushed through the...
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"I Believe"
Frankie Laine: 21st August to 10th September 1953
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V. The Dependents - Part Two
Day one. She did laundry. All of it. Every towel, every sheet, every piece of clothing in the apartment. She stripped the beds and washed the sheets...
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The McCann Case.
He remembered the first time he’d met Ryan. Full of talk about ‘systemic change’ and ‘empowerment’. All that shite about class warfare and the masses...
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I do enjoy a good enigma.
Autumn turns to winter. 1986. Paris, Rue Daguerre to be more precise, and at dusk towards the end of a cold November day. Chestnuts roasting on a...
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Bron-27
Continued from Chapter 26: https://www.abctales.com/story/ivan-ok-ish/bron-26 The adrenalin surge that had carried her up the hill had worn off by...
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A loving mother
It’s funny how since she passed away everyone has been sad but happy at the same time. Maybe not happy, as such, but content none the less. Don’t get...
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V. The Dependents - Part One
The alarm went off at 4:45 and Teresa was already awake. She'd been awake since 4:12, which she knew because the clock on the nightstand was digital...
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