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Dreams from Yesterday I – short story
“A dream is a wish your heart makes.” ~ Walt Disney 12th July 2013 “Wait – what was that noise?” Harriet froze, then cocked her head ever so slowly as though in slow motion. Her…
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Old Town Road – Short story
“I am the bomb that bursts through the very heart” The blast knocked him to the ground. About fifty miles away from where the explosion rocked, waves of tremor, so intense, collapsed many buildings on both…
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You can’t kill a dead man – a Short story
“There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.” ~ T. S. Eliot You certainly haven’t met Mr. Flo, if you…
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Two-days’ Notice II – a short story
“Some things are only real if you believe in them” Unknown Please follow the story from here The minute Charles stepped out of the banking hall into the daylight, it felt oddly bright, casting…
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Two-days’ Notice – a short story
“Some things are only real if you believe in them” Unknown Charles wasn’t sure what to make of the last few moments. He wasn’t close to being religious and had not set foot within…
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Too impaired to deal – a Short story
“Being drunk is the fool’s anesthetic. It puts the primitive self in command when it is the worst captain of all” Danjuma drank like a child who hadn’t seen water for a week. But…
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Baby Daddies II- Short story
“If you lay down and make a baby, then stand up and be a daddy” Please catch up on the first part of this short story here. It was Stanley’s new girlfriend that got…
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The Cute little Devil II – Short story
“Always the innocent are the first victim” Please read the first part of this story here Joseph managed to raise himself off the bloody mess on the red rug that had been his adversary.…
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Peeping Tom – Short story
“Voyeurism is considered to be the most common sexual law-breaking behaviour in general populations“ Frank was waiting for the right moment. His unsteady eyes darted back and forth the hall way. A few distance…
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Baby Daddies- Short story
“If you lay down and make a baby, then stand up and be a daddy” Adora looked out of the window as the cab raced past a cluster of wooden kiosk by the road…
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Faker than lovers- Short story
“Love or just fake love?” It was a colorful cocktail party and it looked every classy and glamourous. Christy was certain that the crowd were the decent lot, where she was so ready to…
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The Cute little Devil – Short story
“Always the innocent are the first victim” They say a bad parent was a traumatized child, caught in the fires of their own suffering. I guess that’s probably right. But how right could this…