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The Gods of Selfies
Gods of selfies lets you rip yourself in two Make yourself anew Like a river bursting its banks And the sky licked ashore You were pure as snow...
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If anyone asked...
With some political content.
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Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick (Dead Reckoning series - Part 44)
In which D.S. Stone is struck by inspiration and Josiah is struck by something else entirely!
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The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two
Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/golden-fleece-ghost-walk-part-o... The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two For a split...
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The Patrolman - 4 (2/2)
The Lincoln threaded up the slopes, navigating the hairpin curves of Canyon Drive.
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The Patrolman - 4 (1/2)
It had been a spell since Jake Lacey darkened the doorstep of Hollywood Police Station.
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Parcel for You - Part 48
The door flung open and a cold blast of air hit Vanessa’s face. The wind sucked at the partially closed blind and it creased up against the window...
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Echoes from yesterday
The entrance gates are a massive, granite and wrought iron affair that would do honor to a Loire Valley Chateau. “Forest Lawn” is emblazoned across...
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His beginning, her beginning:
Two little cells with half the code from him and her combining – a new unique live human has begun, ready to grow, develop, age! A *five week...
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An owl, a pussycat
Deep in the rich woods
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11.37 January 15, ’25.
The radiator clicks reassuringly filling the room with blanket warmth. The dog snores on the couch. Outside the mist thickens around trees now faded...
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The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part One of Two
Leads on from: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/golden-fleece-part-two-two The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part One of Two I watched as Alice...
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My New Family (IP)
I guess this piece is about my new beginning with my new family. It sounds very complicated and I was not a baby when it happened. I am Kayleigh. I...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 23
Perfidia walked down the stairs but stopped when she saw Jon; had he waited for her? “I told you I wouldn’t be long;” she shrugged, continuing down...
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"Silence"
War inside my head explodes with feelings of disbelief and despair, paralyzing me with debilitating sorrow a sorrow painted by my anger at the...
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Phoenix 2030 (a dream)
Interpret this however you want.
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Parcel for You - Part 47
Both women gasped at the same time. There was something shocking and terrifying about seeing him standing there silently, having got up all by...
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Don't Blame It on That Girl (Dead Reckoning series - Part 43)
In which the Detectives review the events of the past 24 hours and something dawns on Samantha
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