Inspiration point (IP)
Lille Dante's wonderful series based around song titles is an absolute joy to read, and so I'm unashamedly nicking that idea for this week's Inspiration Point, which is: Reasons To Be Cheerful. Hoping ABC Talers will lighten some of the pervasive gloom at the moment! (I don't need to remind you, of course, that you cannot quote directly from the song, copyright and all that.)
Inspiration point
Jenkins’ Ear
'Go tell your king that we'll do this to him,' they said, as they chopped off his ear You're not wanted here, the Americas are ours, we hold the...
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Admission (2)
He moved on. A Fiji Mermaid — a monkey's torso stitched to a dried fish tail, seams visible, the face a shriveled primate grimace. GENIUNE FIJI...
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Skeleton
Imge: CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. Creative Commons
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Admission (1)
The chain-link shook after he let go. A low rattle, the kind that carried. Cody hung from the top bar for a second with his sneakers scraping the...
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Second Time Lucky
First time is free; most people get one by default. A quirk of biology. Most of the time, it's exactly what's needed; life goes on as it should. The...
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