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Taking the veil
Dear Mum, You are understandably surprised that I’ve entered the convent, but I’ve done a deal with God who promises forgiveness as follows: For dad, for his life of relentless womanising, especially with Aunt Betty, each occasion being a five … Continue reading
Neptune 1 Canute 0
It’s not every day that you bump into a royal princess on the beach on the second day of your summer holiday, but there she was, modestly dressed in her designer swimsuit, surfboard under her arm. “Hej,” she said, “I’m … Continue reading
Whoops
Robert de Niro knocked on our front door last Saturday afternoon. He said he liked the look of our garden, especially the way we had arranged our pot plants. We invited him in for a cuppa. Mary offered him some … Continue reading
Now and then
Like most I hadn’t believed in an Afterlife, but, quelle surprise, here I am four weeks dead hovering low over my old town looking for the scumbag who loosened the wheel nuts on my faithful Ford Fiesta, the consequence of … Continue reading
One murky morning
He clambers over the pier’s low gate. In this murky dawn light, the colours of his long coat and wide-brimmed hat are indiscernible. He carries a briefcase. From the far end of the pier a woman watches him walking towards … Continue reading
Paranormal Nonsense
Read on blog or Reader doggerelbanksy posted: ” The piece below was written in Patrick Prinsloo’s Macclesfield Creative Writing Group’s workshop in which we were given a fairly comprehensive list of spooky things as a prompt. I’m still rather regretting … Continue reading
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An Estate Agent Speaks
And through here is the living room. Spacious. There’s the wood burner for those cold winter nights. Over there, behind the catafalque is the poltergeist’s little nook. It’s napping right now; quite tiring is poltergeisting. The Ouija board on that … Continue reading
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Time Line 2
Image copyright: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields They lived in adjacent country cottages.They held hands on the way to primary school.She played Mary in the Xmas play.He played Joseph.Afterwards an innocent kiss.He was sent away to private school.She chose to stay local.His school … Continue reading
Time Line
Image copyright: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields They lived in adjacent country cottages.They held hands on the way to primary school.She played Mary in the Xmas play.He played Joseph.Afterwards, an innocent kiss.She was sent away to private school.He stayed local.Her school offered modern … Continue reading
Burns’ Night Rhyme
doggerelbanksy posted: ” Tomorrow across Scotland and round the world there will be celebrations to mark the birth of Scotland’s National poet, Robert Burns, born in 1759. I’ve partially updated a previous Burns’ Night poem to include some recent events … Continue reading
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