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Old Walls - Part 6

There was something about waiting for the perfect moment which caused all Simon’s internal systems to speed up, his heart rate accelerated, his...
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Amanderella and the Gooseberry Mystery.

Chapter One. The Woman in the Third Chair. Amanderella Gottsnobbler sat before her mirror, studying her reflection with the calmness of someone who...
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The Unknown Enemy.Chapter 2.

Chapter 2. Fear wakes a village. Nemon scrambled down the stairs so fast his boot slipped on the smooth stone. He slammed against the wall, his...
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MUSSELS

MUSSELS Miran worked the pocket knife like a lever, sliding it up and under the mussels until they came free of their moorings. She held each clump...
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Fewer Each Time (3)

The cold went through his coat at once. He stood on the walk with his back to the door and his hands in his pockets and looked at the square. It was...
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The Bungalow-23

Continued from Chapter 22: The Bungalow-22 | ABCtales ‘Theatre, pure theatre.” The old man pronounced the word with an upper-class drawl – ‘the-ar-...
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Frankenplot: Carny

Carny They call her carny. She disagrees. But deep down she knows it to be true. Deception runs in the family. An emerald-coloured heavy tent flap...
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Fewer Each Time (2)

When the woman turned the stroller and went off along the square, the children walking beside her, Odell went back to the office. He sat down in...
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Friends Reunited

The pub smelled of stale beer, cigarette smoke and Shake’n’Vac. The kind of pervasive smell that had clung to its fake timbers for more than three...
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