Category: Words
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Pressing Matter
Gingerly, Sabrina edged her way along the narrow finger of rock, making sure that she did not look down. She pressed herself as flat as she could to the crumbling stone, clinging on tight as she shimmied forward, intent on retrieving the bag that was hanging by its handle from the point. She tried her…
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The Loose Page
We pieced the old book back together as best we could… it was terribly damaged after being stuffed inside the fireplace for so long; it must’ve been there for at least a hundred years, the fireplace had been closed off, bricked up and had another wall built over it when the study was built before…
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Not So Cold
‘Oh, Ognar,’ Myrtle sighed as she looked out of the window, which was rapidly steaming up, ‘I don’t believe it… after all these months of hotter than hot weather, we now get this sudden out of the blue cold snap which has caused this.’ She clasped her hands beneath her chin as she watched the…
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Waterfall
Make it stop!!! The woman was on all fours in the cupboard, beneath the sink; soaking wet hair, face and blouse. The man, in the cupboard under the sink with her, finally managed to tighten whatever it was he had been attempting to tighten after accidentally loosening it an hour ago. There we go, he…
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One of Those Moments
I’m not sure if it was the low ceiling, the subdued lighting, the heat, or the boring, monotonous voice of the man, the ‘tour guide’, leading the group, that made me start to feel unsteady on my feet. Of course, it could also be a combination of everything plus this heavy cold, or rather, man-flu,…
