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Trumpenstein on the Ides of March (an unbidden Historical Fantasy) by Alfred N.Muggins
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18/3/25 Trumpenstein goes to speak before the Senate at the Capitol. It is the Ides of March (15/3/26) As he prepares to enter the auditorium his...
Xion Island: Chapter 22.
The hotel was quiet the morning after a butchered corpse had been discreetly removed. It was a contrived coolness with the brittle calm of a cover-up...
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Camera.
I was watching a fab old film recently on telly, it was about a man who had been in jail for a crime he had not committed. He dressed up in bright...
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New Directions (39)
I had to make some name changes after going back to the meeting in the pub part 24
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 21 (no missing chapters I split one)
I am filled with hatred. And the ache of something I can’t name. I sit alone on my bed, the lamp throwing everything into a weak orange soup. I want...
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The Patrolman - 25
Jake Lacey crouched in the bushes and waited.
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 19
It was Tuesday, not that it mattered with working turnaround shifts, but Tuesdays were difficult to feel thrilled about. They should come with a free...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 18
The interview room was cold, but James McAlister didn’t seem to notice. He was still. Paler even than the day of the funerals, and the room was...
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Xion Island: Chapter 17
I am filled with hatred. And, to my disgust, something close to nostalgia. The flesh remembers things the memory has never known. I tell her my name...
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New Directions (38)
The idea of going up North to stay at Karen’s temped me. I figured at least I’d get to sleep with her when she got home. Then I remembered the last...
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