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Julie's House

Title stolen from a wonderful Leo Kottke song. Otherwise no relation, I think. You can listen to the song here
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The Green By-Election

He’d been knocking on doors for three hours. Rain fell, on and off. A cold wind chilled the back of his neck. His leaflets became damp and started curling at the edges.
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The Doll's House Chapter 7.

Chapter Seven. Cruxton. The gates were chained shut, the houses boarded, the wells capped with stone. Ivy grew unchecked, curling over signs no one...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 8. August

Chapter Eight. Mice. At the bottom of our backyard was a brick air raid shelter. It was now used as a coal shed. We were not supposed to play in...
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Looking Backwards

First, my thanks to Edward Bellamy, for borrowing the title of his interesting book, written long ago. The concept of “looking backward” has always...
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Courtesy Calls: The Midway (3)

He came up and built the pyramid slowly, so everybody could watch, the three silent ones first. He wiped his palms down the front of his apron and...
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Courtesy Calls: The Midway (2)

There had been a boy standing at the top of the spur, by the funnel cake stand, while the girl won. Kurt had seen him without looking at him. The boy...
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Courtesy Calls: The Midway (1)

Kurt had come for the weigh-off, and the weigh-off ran late. They held it in the agriculture barn at the low end of the fairgrounds, under a row of...
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The Doll's House Chapter 6.

Chapter Six . Siddly. Siddly was quiet. The houses were close together, their roofs sloping low as if trying not to be noticed. The streets were...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 7. July Part 2

All the buses had gone, as had the ambulance. Mr. Peach was bent over a car talking to someone inside. As I ran up, the door opened and Mr Plunkett...