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

The Mirror of Me

They only ever bumped into one another when they were alone; she always seemed to find them then. Neither resented their arrangement, just the...
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Labyrinthine Apparition

I find myself in a building that resists definition—part university, part manor house, a place with too many corridors and too much history. The air...
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A Coming-Together

Laura entered the lunchtime staff room like a breath of fresh air, attracting the usual suppressed glances of admiration from everyone, except Colin...
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In a moment …

“I just bumped into a wall. I knew it was there and thought …
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Time to Rise and Shine!

They say … we better function if we’re woken by music not BUZZ! BUZZ! – it isn’t the words of a song but the pattern of notes that help calm the alarm – …
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Story of the week

The Lonely Goose on The Durme

I was planning to write about this bird, the new IP seemed a good place for it. . . . pic taken by me
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A sheep in wolf's clothing

She knows that she will be unmasked one day. It is only a matter of time. That much is certain. Maybe it is for the best. How long has fear been...
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Streets of Stoke Newington

Possibly the most tenuous link ever to a weekly inspirational point (this week it’s toast) and a fond recollection of happy times in the mid-1980s living with ‘her indoors’ in a North London oasis of social harmony.
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A toast to all the shamans!

Our visit to the Saatchi Gallery had been unexpectedly emotional. An exhibition themed around flowers—automatically romantic, explosive with colour...
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