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Shoelaces
The way he told me, he saw it as a kind of existentialist episode. “It’s like the left side of my brain’s taken over from the right side” he said, “… the sensible side.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Inspiration Point)
Once upon a time, not so long ago, Goldilocks went for a walk in the woods, but no sooner had she got there than she realized she was wearing six inch heels.
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Las Vegas 3
“So what would happen if we didn’t give it back? If we just kept going?
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Las Vegas 2
It’s half past eight in the evening, but it’s still boiling hot. The temperature gauge says it’s 110, so the first thing we do is put the roof down.
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Las Vegas
We’ve finished laughing at the room. We’ve examined the funny fake ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs that they’ve plastered everywhere.
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Heartbreaking. Forget blood
Posted on Thu, 02 Apr 2026
Heartbreaking. Forget blood and gore and people jumping out at you - this really is proper horror
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A wonderful IP response
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
A wonderful IP response Turlough, and as true now as it was when the mine in your photo was a working one. Have you ever read Germinal by Zola?
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A brilliant contribution -
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
A brilliant contribution - thank you very much Soulfire!
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Brilliant, thank you Turlough
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2026
Brilliant, thank you Turlough. I think you've quite comprehensively fleshed out the characters for us now!
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This is what Google tells me,
Posted on Thu, 19 Feb 2026
This is what Google tells me, and I'm not 100% sure your suggestion fits into it because it couldn't be described as giving the 'general' idea - it seems more specific - sorry!:
How to Indirectly Quote Lyrics (The "Safe" Way)
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I've never seen Falling Down
Posted on Thu, 19 Feb 2026
I've never seen Falling Down and had to google a couple of US specific things (fire lanes, blotter item), but I also liked the voice here with its forensic level of attention to detail.
One question: in the first part you mention that he...
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I thought perhaps she'd been
Posted on Mon, 09 Feb 2026
I thought perhaps she'd been travelling with her security and he'd had the car wait in case they missed the train?
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I note the phrase 'crazy cat
Posted on Sun, 08 Feb 2026
I note the phrase 'crazy cat lady' has stayed long after the cats left - didn't realise it was set in the future until she went to the library. Cats gone, patriarchy still present and correct : )
I really enjoyed this story - thank you!
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This wonderful response to
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026
This wonderful response to our new Inspiration Point is our social media Pick of the Day
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Thank you very much for your
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026
Thank you very much for your summing up of two weeks in Bulgaria Turlough and the new word. Not unalive sadly - I knew that one - but philtrum - never knew it had a name!
I did wonder where you'd vanished to. Hopefully your machine is back...
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