Tag: Tales
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Existence
The room was quiet. The lighting was good; the TV off. Papers needed to be sorted… older ones destroyed, newer ones filed. That was where the problem was. The filing. Not my filing; THE filing. The music system, unplugged, powered up. White noise, increasing in volume, filled the room. If I wasn’t mistaken, I could…
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Anticipation
The room was full. Packed to the rafters. People had come from far and wide to hear me sing. How word had reached that far was beyond me. I don’t sing. I can’t sing. My stomach was in knots as the lighting was turned down. The guitarist was already on stage, warming up: but he…
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The Superhero Diaries 2.4: Going nowhere fast
Technical hitches, it would seem, affect superheroes too. Here’s a transcript of the Satellite Navigation device in the Elite Force of Britain’s Four-Wheel Drive, used whilst the team were supposedly investigating the sudden appearance of a small island named Middlehaven, just off the coast of southern England somewhere: Good. Morning. Please. Enteryour. Destination. . Thank…
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Cheap and cheerful
I’m not shoppist. I’ll shop anywhere when I need to. I have my favourite supermarket, where I go regularly, usually with bad hair and a wonky trolley, but go I do, and have, it can be said, a whale of a time. OK. Maybe not that great an experience, but it’s OK. Not what could…
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The Superhero Diaries 2.3: Heroes, Villains and Things in the Middle
From a note inside a Thank You card sent to the Elite Force of Britain: My Dearest EFB, I cannot express my thanks and gratitude enough for the recent help you have provided to me and my friends, and, of course, for the wonderful gift of £15,000.00 for my work in creating the new Uniqueorn…