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23 Visiting
17/02/2020 06:32
“Oh, there you are at last, Joanna! I was beginning to think you weren't coming. Happy New Year!”
“Happy New Year! I told you I'd be here about eleven, Mum, and it's just after that.”
“And you've brought Tigger home to his Mummy. Let's get you out of that horrid carrier and...
24 Observing
17/02/2020 06:31
A single seed drops to the rground, landing in soft soil. Beside it lies the hust of what can only be described as its mother. On Prendaria, plants give birth and animals store cholorphyll in their fur. Doctor Lydia Swanson wishes she was anywhere other than in this hide, observiing the early part...
25 Guiding
17/02/2020 06:30
25 Guiding
She always preferred her own company to that of other people. They had a way of intruding on her peace of mind even when they were not speaking directly to her. However, a paying job was a paying job and the captain of the Hudruth escort party had caught her when her purse was feeling...
26 Encountering
17/02/2020 06:28
A nomadic life doesn’t seem made for meeting others – in fact, not meeting others might seem rather the point. Still, now and again, you encounter someone, share a meal, swap a story or two. Those encounters remind you that you’re alive, remind you how to speak – sometimes remind you that you can...
27 Building
17/02/2020 06:27
Wow, am I glad to get this one finished! For a flash fiction piece, it took a ridiculously long time to write. But, it's done now - enjoy!
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Fairy Fluff hovered near...
28 Destroying
17/02/2020 06:26
This one was a bit of a struggle, but it's done at last! Hope you enjoy.
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I remember when the world was young and my forest stretched beyond every horizon. Then I felt invincible, that my trees...
29 Wishing
17/02/2020 06:25
Meeting a genuine genie who really offers you three wishes may be disconcerting. Put on the spot, how does one know what to wish for first? Money – house – car might seem like a good starting point, and if you say them quickly enough the genie might even consider them to be...
30 Drifting
17/02/2020 06:24
Bit of an environmental theme going on with the last couple of stories!
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The plastic bottle lies innocently on the beach, the last dregs of the ‘pure, natural spring water’ it was sold with puddled...
11 Hunting
11/02/2020 06:42
Smoke and noise swirled around the main room of the inn and the barmaids wove their way through it all with practised ease. Suddenly, the door burst open letting in the dark wind and every head turned towards the source of the disturbance. A figure almost filled the doorway but then moved inside...
12 Dreaming
11/02/2020 06:41
It was a long time since he had visited the Dream Palace but it looked just the same as it always had. Neera was still sitting in the little ticket booth, her third eye tightly closed. He had heard terrible things about what happened when a Parech's third eye opened. When she saw him, she smiled,...
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