Post Modernist Anti Utopias
A collection for stories which are based on future or present post modern scenarios which are less than Utopian. Some of my stories in other categories could sometimes be described in that way too. Stories could be serious or humourous, although probably more likely to be 'serious', and possibly depressing.
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The Last Dollar On Earth
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The last super multinationals decide to merge - the huge multinationals which have been merging with and taking over all the other corporations. They are far more powerful than governments.
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Progress In The Supermarket?
Progress In The Supermarket? Dreams of being something when he grows up. Everything falls into place, everyone has a place in society. All grow up to...
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Liberation (Paradise Lost)
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The liberations of the 1960’s and 1970’s brought increased expectation for personal quality of life, in personal life, leisure, and at work. A...
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Autumn Sun and Dark Clouds: Brexit, Donald Trump and the Kurds
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Autumn Sun, the only kind of Indian Summer we’re going to get now. Never been here before, but it’s very near to Wentworth where my wife and I had...
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Echoes of the Past and Future : Presidential Carpetbaggers and Immigrants On The Move
Echoes of Past and Future, where the rich get ever richer, and the poor play scrabble. Society has been perverted and inverted. The people who it is...
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Brave New World 1 and 2
Brave New World 13/11/19 Father Tom listened to the child as he requested his playlist on the music computer in the kitchen. “Alexa play my umm...
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Spirit of the Age 1
Eclectic Electric, I stay up all night, into the night, Writing the lyrics of the Golden Age, I put Hawkwind on YouTube, when I should have been in...
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Spirit of the Age 2 (What Purpose)
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Rock Rock Rock, Ha Ha Ha, I can feel the fear in the western world, Our children turned into punks, Spitting hate and derision, Creating sarcasm,...
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Coronavirus
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Empty Streets in my town, The tourists have all gone home, to self isolate. Climate change is put on hold, We’re saving lots of fuel now, no one’s...
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I Just Can't Be Happy Today (Virus Version)
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(Based on/ influenced by the lyrics of the famous 1979 track by The Damned) They’re closing the schools They’re storing the books The church is empty...
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Playing Golf While Rome Catches The Virus
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Rome was burning. Nero practised his violin to keep his mind off the ruin of his great city. Meanwhile Trump tried to cut taxes for the rich businessmen, desperately slashing Obamacare. Then the virus came.....!
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Looking At Us (Hope It All Goes Away)
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What has happened to us? Have we become someone new, more frightened, more extreme, more judgemental of our neighbours? Are we critical of the man...
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How Much Are Flights To Shanghai?
No idea. Probably around 800 to 900, depending on where you wanna go! Disneyland Shanghai would be great! Only 2,375 yen a night, which is 17 pounds...
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Journey of individuals through the virus crisis: Pontius the Businessman in the USA
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He‘s an investor these days, a kind of ‘dragon’, in other people’s businesses. His own was a tough business to make. He doesn’t want the economic...
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Late April Dream (Part 1)
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The window is open. Boris is calling me, visiting. The birds are singing. I have been dreaming about writing a poem about the virus, Another streamed...
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Late April Dream (Part 2)
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Dreams are elusive, and you can never keep them. They are all about the virus times, Now we are living in the times of the virus. The news is all...
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Here Comes The Sun
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Here Comes The Sun But where are the people? No one’s around! In the garden? Up the stairs? Even the cat’s gone out. Our Labrador is in the shade,...
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Meanwhile In America
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Meanwhile In America A Cacophony of Hate A Policeman kills a Black Man in front of the world’s cameras, And they seem slow to bring him to justice...
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Echoes Of History : The Grandkids Go On A Tour Of London : (Year Zero + 20): Section 1
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“Why are we going there?” asked Samuel. “Because this is where a lot of the history of Britain happened. It used to be a very exciting and trendy...
Echoes Of History : The Grandkids Go On A Tour Of London :(Year Zero + 20): Section 2
19/6/20 Surely they could have thought of a more relevant and historical figure when they replaced the warrior’s statue. Perhaps one of the many...
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Echoes Of History : The Grandkids Go On A Tour Of London :(Year Zero + 20): Section 3
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5/7/20 The final straw came when most of the denounced statues had been placed into museums, around the country, and in London in particular. The...
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Britain 2020
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On the beach at Ingoldmells in Lincolnshire, where we went to a caravan, because foreign holidays are cancelled. From ‘Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads...
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Kidz In Summertime
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Sounds of chaos, Conflicting with the nice summer selection of classics. There’s wrestling music, heavy or rap, Coming down the stairs and into the...
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Why Can't We Keep Our History?
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On social media the people of middle Britain seethe with indignation, as rumours of their threatened culture are raised with increased regularity...
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American Demons
One day America really will be great again. But first they’re going to have to get rid of a few more demons. When the leaders are ready to foresee...
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Left and Right
When Britain’s right and left can come together in agreement or sensible compromises. That is when Britain’s golden age will arrive one day! You can’...
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Crazy World : Apparently The Spanish Inquisition Is Back. Is there any free speech any more?
The police were attacked in Brixton, London, in June. No one’s angry about that? I won’t even begin to mention how many times the American police...
Democracy 2020
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Democracy comes, through history and struggle, And it goes, in Hong Kong and Sinkiang, Just like Tianamen Square. The leaders of Communism know what...
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Brand New World : The New History (As It Is Written) : Footprints In The Sands Of Time
Historians are racists because they package history and never tell the full story, But if we sack all the historians, who will remember the history...
The Eleventh Hour
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New outbreaks occur, In Leicester and Oldham. Manchester and Glasgow return towards lockdown, Now Leeds is at risk, and Birmingham again! Is there...
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The War (Against The Virus) Is Not Over!
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We were told we were fighting a war, against the virus, from the relative safety of our homes. Only the doctors and nurses, and care staff in the...
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The Proud Man Of The Left
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Everything was cut and dried, quite straightforward. He knew what was right, and what was wrong, And what was Racist! Some of his friends were of...
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Animal Farm
A Biden supporting unicorn on two legs, Holding a sign which says, ‘More Real Than Trump’s Healthcare Plan’ An old friend writes:- Animal Farm! Lock...
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Will Trump disappear in a puff of smoke if he loses?
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Will Trump disappear in a puff of smoke if (or when?) he loses? The show must go on! Like the wizard of Oz! Engineered in the halls of hell, A demon...
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Second Wave
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Grandson has made a clever Tic Tok video with music, knocking Boris for restricting the households from meeting indoors, for putting restrictions on...
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A Walk in The Park During The Christmas Season Of Goodwill (Don't Breathe On Me)
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A Walk In The Park During The Christmas Season Of Goodwill Could have been my last! Walking the Dogs in the local Park, with my wife’s son, who lives...
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Don't You Forget About Me (Talent) 1
Where talent is ignored and in great quantity. Where the young are forced to be what they don’t want to be. Where novels are written, containing the...
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Creative Life In The Virus Age (Why don't we all just stay at home?)
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15/4/20 Why don’t we all just stay at home? Why do we need to work so hard? If we all worked just a little bit less, we might just have a bit more...
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The Storm : All Blow Away
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Storm comes to cleanse the world or at least this land, All Blow away, the cobwebs and corruption, lies and deceit. Blow away the plastic, oceans of...
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