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The Big Issue
Despite the chill wind and the cold drizzle it pushed before it across the old man’s face, he was in a good mood. For only...
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An ordinary man
This is a true story, retold as best I can remember from when it was told to me.
I was in our local Somerset hospital i...
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The Pilots of Penzance
Call to Coastguard, Motor Schooner Benedict in distress, received at 19.18.
Eight souls on board.
Lost engine p...
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Where has it gone?
Where has it gone; has anyone seen it?
Has somebody been stealing time?
It was half-past six an hour ago,
And now ...
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The Summer Dance
A voice. One she knew so well, her mind told her, yet she couldn’t place it. Telling her a story, a fantastic tale of m...
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The young couple found the address without any problem, and parked their car amongst a dozen others along the curving driveway.
New to t...
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A relative had died intestate, and the vultures had descended.
Were the four single silver candlesticks of the same value to that of the...
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A young man had given a Chinese puzzle box to a young lady, but with no note or explanation to accompany it.
It had taken her a nearly w...
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A horse had bolted. On its own that wouldn’t have been a problem, but the terrified animal was still in the shafts of a cart at the time....
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An extract from a novella I started writing last year in an attempt to keep my mind active during lockdown: -
Lady Charlotte Wardle Mrs ...
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An ordinary man
This is a true story, retold as best I can remember from when it was told to me.
I was in our local Somerset hospital i...
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Where has it gone?
Where has it gone; has anyone seen it?
Has somebody been stealing time?
It was half-past six an hour ago,
And now ...
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The Summer Dance
A voice. One she knew so well, her mind told her, yet she couldn’t place it. Telling her a story, a fantastic tale of m...
New
The Pilots of Penzance
Call to Coastguard, Motor Schooner Benedict in distress, received at 19.18.
Eight souls on board.
Lost engine p...
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The young couple found the address without any problem, and parked their car amongst a dozen others along the curving driveway.
New to t...
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The Big Issue
Despite the chill wind and the cold drizzle it pushed before it across the old man’s face, he was in a good mood. For only...
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HOT IN Writing Last 3 Years!
Continuing the discussion from Leisurely Scribbles (part 5) (Part 1) - #16757 by Jem.
Previous discussions:
Leisurely Scribbles (part ...
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Prompted by Pauline’s thread about internet dating!
MY INTERNET LOVER !
We’ve never met - but I know you
in my dreams. I feel you...
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A relative had died intestate, and the vultures had descended.
Were the four single silver candlesticks of the same value to that of the...
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[CENTER]Introduction Part 1[/CENTER]
Philip’s parents were Albert and Sarah Marsden. Albert’s father had been a carpenter and very p...
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Part 1
David Croker was sitting in a dockside tavern near the office where he worked, as was his wont on a Friday evening before going h...
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OLD TOM
They pushed his wheel chair near to the window, placed what passed for a cup of tea on the table beside him, and went to deal wi...
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A horse had bolted. On its own that wouldn’t have been a problem, but the terrified animal was still in the shafts of a cart at the time....
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I found this article really interesting! A bookshop owner in Edinburgh loves typewriters, and typed a letter to Tom Hanks, who replied wi...
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An extract from a novella I started writing last year in an attempt to keep my mind active during lockdown: -
Lady Charlotte Wardle Mrs ...
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Tomorrow I will set off on my bike.
I don’t yet know the road that I will take.
I’m free to go most anywhere I like.
I may well turn...
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The Oak Tree
There’s an Oak Tree in my garden,
But it isn’t very tall,
It’s only a hand span high,
So, it’s barely a tree at all.
I ...
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A young man had given a Chinese puzzle box to a young lady, but with no note or explanation to accompany it.
It had taken her a nearly w...
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Dolly Rolands had been born Dalores Worthy in an upstairs room of the Jolly Farmer tavern, and had lived there all her life. Growing up s...
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On windy days, I often think back to something that happened long, long ago when I was but a boy, and health and safety was still in shor...
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I’ve had my new bike for about three weeks now, and have managed to get out on it every weekend since I brought it home. I know that mem...
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HOT IN Writing Over 3 Years!
We made a bad mistake there Pug, sure enough we should have stuck with our punts and punted our way out of trouble, now we’re slowly drif...
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I consumed a large helping of ‘LSD’ this morning: In a runners world ‘LSD’ means ‘Long Slow Distance’ but ...
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I’m living in the world of Miss Marples
Where nothing is ever what it seems
But for an hour or two my world does turn blue
And I’m liv...
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you got an hour lunch break?? - no wonder they were makin more money than thou - they probably got no breaks!! mind you I bet their libi...
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Crustabel Extracts Revenge
(Goodness Gracious - Great Balls a-Fire!)
Sorry folks. I’ve tried to submit this but I’m not allowed to...
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I think it’s high time I stopped intruding into other real poetic threads in the leisure and pastime section and begin a thread of my own...
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If you think something is too good to be true, it is.
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Bel Tries to Relax
(and Crusty Makes Her Very Proud!)[/CENTER][/B]
It was now two thirty, and after Bel had said farewe...
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I love to write poetry so I thought I’d start a thread in this section for my poems so I can post more. I hope you enjoy my poems, some ...
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The Hippo and the Bird.
The hippo’s delight was far out of sight,
As she lay in an innocent pose.
Delighted by water
This pachyderm’s...
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How about a story in just one sentence? Anyone up for the challenge?
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Mandy & the V.I.P.s
In my days working for a D.I.Y. chain it was difficult to take a lunch break, so different from the department s...
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Hello My daughter is writing and doesnt know how to get how to find out if it is worth publishing and how to go about it, can any one giv...
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Let’s face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
En...
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OK, today is the start of my new novel day. So far it is to be about 2 men from different backgrounds finding themselves driven to certai...
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