Category: Time
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The Observed
Miriam looked back from the bedroom window overlooking the park. “Somethin’s goin’ on back there,” she said, to Gerald, who was actually watching the events himself. “I’d best phone your mother!” She left the room, and Gerald could hear the whirring sound of her old-fashioned telephone. He brought his attention back onto the park. The…
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Fireworks
POPSandBANGSandFIZZLESandCRACKLESAre all well and good but they do raise my hacklesOne moment I’m sittingRelaxed, in deep thoughtAnd in the next instantMy nerves are all fraughtAn explosion outsideJolts me with a frightIt’s always the sameAround Bonfire Night!
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Leftovers
It’s over. For another year. Time to take down all of the fake cobwebs, fancy lanterns, candles and other decorations, and box them away. Time to put the witch back in her cage and the bat back in its cave. No, that’s not right. The witch in the cave and the bat, the cage. No,…
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The Ghost Post!
An extra post for Halloween… I’ve been chatting with Nikki about things that go bump in the night. Nikki mentioned that one night, when she was younger after moving house, she heard footsteps in her bedroom, stepping toward and away from her, and somebody opening and closing the door. When she opened her eyes, there…