Picks of the Month
March
Chapter 25
Chapter 25 (No missing chapter. I extended chapter 23 and split it into two.) Alice stirred, sensing a presence in her room before she opened her...
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- 397 reads
Killed By Cows
This is not the time to wonder, as they thunder towards you, whether they are cows or bulls. Just run. You have wandered into a zone that seemed...
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- 862 reads
February
A series of horses decreasing in size
My parents had at least three children it’s difficult to put a final number on it one of them was me the others were not My childhood was punctuated...
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- 1257 reads
Goose-Stepping Down Main Street
I’m too old to start goose stepping. Duck walks I can handle—my declining years having given me no choice. But it should make it easier to duck...
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- 1836 reads
January
Here Be Dragons
He strolled nonchalantly onto the station platform trying to look as cool and well travelled as possible. Things had gone way better than expected,...
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An owl, a pussycat
Deep in the rich woods
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- 1690 reads
December
Shower song
Is that you, whispering in the walls again?
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Planet Secret Santa
‘Well I know who this is from because it’s not wrapped up!’ ‘Oh, looks posh,’ said Mercury, ‘what exactly is that?’ ‘It’s face powder,’ said Mars. ‘...
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- 2482 reads
November
Cricks Crocodile
I closed the front door very slowly, quietly and scurried towards my car, holding my scarf up over my mouth, my throbbing lower lip. I could taste...
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The Bus Stop (IP)
At Tottenham’s stop in the bright midday sun, Two old dames wait, and the bus hasn't come. One shakes her cane, her patience near snapped, Mutters "...
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- 987 reads