The Old Station
The old station had been sentenced to death and was now being eaten alive.
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handdrawn
I do colouring in and reading and writing but hate maths.
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The Sensible Girl - Final Part (6)
She straightened up, pushing away from him and putting a hand to her head. Glass crunched under her shoe, and she wobbled as reclaimed her footing.
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The Sensible Girl - Part 5
"What?" He said, head forward, arms wide.
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The Sensible Girl - Part 4
The train was at a station and new passengers were shuffling down the isle.
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The Sensible Girl - Part 3
It had been a week since she'd seen Him lounging in the double seat, sharp, evasive, beautiful.
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The Sensible Girl - Part 2
As per their weekly schedule John and his wife made love on Sunday night, her head was full of Him and this fantasy blanked out Johns routine, mechanical efforts, replacing them with an imagined...
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The Sensible Girl - Part 1
She had loved him. She was sure. That she couldn't remember the feeling she had once thought of as love made her more confused.
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Sea Mist And Moonshine
One summer, long ago my friends and I packed our cars and vans and took the roman road south, heading for the coast.
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The Cherry Tree Part 2
My friend Dave and his wife depart early the next morning. They have a daughter to say good bye to, her job in the military has called her to war and a son to rescue from recession.
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The Cherry Tree
It was an ornamental cherry tree, apparently. It lived at the bottom of the front garden, on the lawn side of the wall, by the road.
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The Black Mercedes Part Deux
The space is mine. A red Mini is parked a little further down the lane, but there's plenty if room for me to reverse in and claim my prize.
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The 4 Minute Warning
I was a bit of a worrier in my teens. I worried about school, friends, girls, religion, rabies, how unfair life was and pretty much everything else.
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The Black Mercedes
The black Mercedes is parked at the end of the lane that leads to the train station. It is at the head of a row of cars that fill the parking bays down that one side.
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Lionel Richie
When I was young I met a girl and we saw each other for quite a while. However, I never felt we were particularly close and I wasn't really sure she actually liked me.
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Can You Have Too Much Sleep?
Last week was pretty busy. Up early and working late every day. The weekend comes, and I am in sole charge of our children.
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Paranoia
I walk into the cramped kitchen where 3 of the team are deep in conversation. As I enter, the words dry up in their mouths and one them spits out a change of subject into the pause.
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Not Seen On TV
Real life is better than TV.. From the office window we spy a middle aged man running towards the bus station. He seems anxious, looking back over his shoulder as if pursued. No pursuer can be seen.
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The Crap Phone Robbery
I became aware that the swarm of undead that bimble around the shopping centre had found something to interest them. Someone had tried rob Carphone Warehouse.
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Clothes Shopping
Clothes shopping on a winter Saturday afternoon feels pretty much the same as it did when I was a child.
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Today is Train Pub day
I was aware that trains had buffet coaches, of course, but I'd never thought of them as mobile pubs with beer etc.
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