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Sep 3, 20234 min read

Lumley Street - By Andre Thomas

I held my hand up to Fatman who stood on McGraw next to the Alryashi Store. Fatman’s real name was Benjamin Carter. Though, no one dared...

Conrad Gardner

Aug 19, 20232 min read

The Present - By Conrad Gardner

Collette had been through a bad breakup. Not only did she find Nicola, her no-longer-girlfriend in bed with some guy who looked like...

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Aug 16, 20232 min read

Sheets - By Conrad Gardner

In case you haven’t already met her, Collette possesses some neat-freak tendencies. She doesn’t have OCD or anything clinical, but she...

Conrad Gardner

Aug 16, 20232 min read

The Ducks - By Conrad Gardner

I used to run along this quiet road a while back. It curved uphill for a few miles and came to a beautiful crest which gave me a view of...

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Aug 8, 20232 min read

Carpets - By Conrad Gardner

I never lived in a house with carpets until I started renting my first flat, the one above the chippie. It felt like an okay compromise,...

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Aug 7, 202324 min read

A Hungry Dance - By T R Healy

“This dance has no name. It is a hungry dance.” - Wallace Stevens, “Dance of the Macabre Mice” Prologue Am I alive? Rogers wondered as...

To the Boy I Loved Before - By Annessa Banes

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Aug 1, 20234 min read

To the Boy I Loved Before - By Annessa Banes

I now understand why people say that your first love is unforgettable. I also understand why people say your first love is the most...

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 7 - BY K A GILBERTSON

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Jul 23, 20232 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 7 - BY K A GILBERTSON

One foggy morning, just as dawn was disappearing, two riders rode up to Fiodr Semionovich’s farm. One of them was Tverskov. His face...

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 6 - BY K A GILBERTSON

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Jul 22, 20234 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 6 - BY K A GILBERTSON

"Black raven, black raven, Why do you fly above me? Black raven, oh black raven, Leave me alone. I am not your prey." Sitting on the long...

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 5 - BY K A GILBERTSON

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Jul 22, 20236 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 5 - BY K A GILBERTSON

The smell of freshly baked corn galettes wafted up the stairs from where he was sitting. When the General left his room to get some...

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 4 - BY K A GILBERTSON

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Jul 22, 20236 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 4 - BY K A GILBERTSON

The intoxicating scent of roses wafted up to his window. He remembered that spring in Moscow when he had not yet embraced the cause....

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 3 - BY K A GILBERTSON

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Jul 22, 20239 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 3 - BY K A GILBERTSON

"Black raven, black raven, Why do you fly above me? Black raven, oh black raven, Leave me alone. I am not your prey." Soothing,...

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 2 - BY K A GILBERTSON

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Jul 21, 20234 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 2 - BY K A GILBERTSON

The first rays of dawn were already appearing on the horizon, piercing the gray skies, and casting streams of soft rosy light...

SerendipitousReader

Jul 18, 20233 min read

Do I Dare Disturb the Universe? PART II

PART II - She was a girl Anyway, where was I? Yes, The End. That is where I come in, but it's often a bad place to start telling a story....

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Jul 11, 20232 min read

Do I Dare Disturb the Universe? PART I

PART I - Nothingness There is an essential something to trivial nothingness. The very fact that we feel nothingness is a paradox, isn’t...