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  • Three Kisses...xxx (first world war peice)

    Three Kisses…xxx My boots are made of mud. I can’t see any leather, just mud; the mud that has become the boot. In fact it’s not just my boots: my ...

    18 min read
  • The Better Half of a Half Smile

    The better half of a half smile Watching Her hand was just holding her head up. It had stopped its slide upwards at the cheekbone, and her skin was bulging ...

    4 min read
  • Old Man

    She tells him that the sun is beautiful. It’s making the living room a patchy gold. She murmurs this, making sure that she’s louder than his snuffled breathing; and she ...

    10 min read
  • Three Kisses...xxx (shortened version for a competition)

    10 minutes to go now. Dear Beth, My nerves are yelling. Blondie has just killed a rat; he’s got its tail in his fore finger and his thumb and is ...

    6 min read
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