Tag: Short Story
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Ivy Giles’ Animals
A nonsense rhyme for Wednesday: Ivy Giles is the farmer’s wifeOr was, as the case may beFor when she was in her human lifeIt was Seventeen Sixty-Three Patience, her faithful dogHad a loud and ferocious barkAnd Silas, her trusty mogHad an aversion to the dark She had a pig named Primrose BlueWho didn’t like the…
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The Superhero Diaries 1: Be prepared
I’ve decided to abandon my occasional series ‘Top Ten Tips for a wannabe superhero’, thinking instead of referring to pages from the secret files (that all self-respecting superheroes should keep for, say, the time they decide to start a blog and need something to write about). Besides, I have written four posts of top ten…
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The Lady, Emeralda
Visitors to the mansion seem to know folk they’ve never met…Dogs and cats stay outside as soon as the sun has set…Some say the chains that rattle belonged to Lady Smart…Others state the shrieks and cries belong to her ‘in part’…Guests who stay within the lodge see a figure dressed in green…Passers by see lights…
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The Open Sky
The crisp white clouds made the solid appearance of the blue sky even more striking. The rooftops on the hillside seemed to make the sky appear higher, further away, if that could be possible. The roads, pathways, walkways, gardens, steps and streams below seemed to be immediately within touching distance, they were so close, in…