On Monday, the most enthusiastic girlfriend in the world had left late and rushed to work at Nicky’s. Running through a cloudburst I’d cheered her from the balcony. I was busy tidying our apartment in readiness for cleaning, after which I’d head downstairs to begin a few maintenance jobs for the building owner, when I glanced out of the floor-to-ceiling window, which my girlfriend calls ‘the French doors’ (she longs for a garden) to see the weather clearing and the sun had begun to tumble-dry the world.
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Week 502 – Ethical Madness, No DLA Or PIP And A Plentiful Supply Of Fish.
Week 152 is now upon us!!
Maybe it’s just me but I sometimes get a line or phrase that I want to use but aren’t sure if what I’m getting at would be clear.
That happened to me this week with this line:
…Only folks of those days could keep up with folks of those days.
That was what gave me a wee bit of inspiration for this weeks posting.
Continue reading “Week 502 – Ethical Madness, No DLA Or PIP And A Plentiful Supply Of Fish.”A Life lesson from Jimi by Fiona Sinclair.
Tom first heard about it crouching over an illicit transistor built by an enterprising boy in tech class. It was breaktime, he and his mates were tucked behind the outer wall of the gym; their ‘secret’ hiding place teachers turned a blind eye to.
Continue reading “A Life lesson from Jimi by Fiona Sinclair.”Week 501: Rage! Rage! Rage! Five Rave-Worthy Tales; Short Books Long on Story
Rage!!!
But before I explode, I want to thank David Henson for his post last week (and I think he should return with more in the future). Guest posting is not going to be a one off, so who knows, maybe you will be invited to do the same. Now on with the show, as it is.
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Everyday I count my blessings then give Heaven the Finger. I took accounting in school (for one semester) and learned the credit/debit system, which I use to total my physical blessings versus the “other stuff” in my existence. The other stuff is made up mostly of new conditions/diseases they give you and charge your insurance for at doctors, ophthalmologists, dentists and Medieval Barbers.
Continue reading “Week 501: Rage! Rage! Rage! Five Rave-Worthy Tales; Short Books Long on Story”And Last For A Lifetime by Michael Tyler (adult content)
Sam threatened suicide our first day together and yet I was so struck I let it slide.
Continue reading “And Last For A Lifetime by Michael Tyler (adult content)”Acid Drop by Samantha Barrow
A ring of strawberry lipstick circles the smoothed edge of the blunt as she passes it to me, and I try, I really do, not to imagine what it would be like to kiss her—to taste the berry directly from her lips instead of getting my hit secondhand from this pineapple flavored cigarillo wrapper.
I’m unsuccessful.
Continue reading “Acid Drop by Samantha Barrow”Literally Reruns-The Devil You Don’t Know by Dave Henson
Dealing with The Fallen One is one of the oldest story ideas in the book, and yet it still can be fresh. Longtime site friend and contributor, David Henson proves that with a doozy of a new angle in his The Devil You Don’t Know.
Continue reading “Literally Reruns-The Devil You Don’t Know by Dave Henson”Week 500: Starring David Henson
Good morning to all and as promised over the last two weeks, long time site friend will be the first of our Guest Weekly Wrap Writers. So, without further delay, Heeeeerrrre’s David!!!
Continue reading “Week 500: Starring David Henson”Pink Clouds by Samuel Snyder
I suppose it was meant to happen on the first of December. It was then that Christoph died as I believe he foresaw. I’ll tell you that story now.
Continue reading “Pink Clouds by Samuel Snyder”The Pelanconi Flower by Jon Krampner
The Italian Renaissance is one of the crowning glories of western civilization. In Florence, Venice and other cities, men like Leonardo da Vinci shook off the centuries-old slumber following the collapse of the Roman Empire and blazed new trails through the intellectual firmament, sparking a fire in the minds of men and women that continues to this day. But even as they did so, village life continued much as it had for centuries. Our story concerns the remarkable events that took place in one of these villages.
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