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Le Grande Mystérieux and the Case of the Spider People — Chapter Three
Le Grande Mystérieux

Le Grande Mystérieux and the Case of the Spider People — Chapter Three

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Le Grande Mystérieux and the Case of the Spider People — Chapter Two
Le Grande Mystérieux

Le Grande Mystérieux and the Case of the Spider People — Chapter Two

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The Nazi Superweapon
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The Nazi Superweapon

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Ink & Shadows, and a Free Short Story
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Ink & Shadows, and a Free Short Story

I have recently started making Zines. I love the physicality of the
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Le Grande Mystérieux - Chapter One
Le Grande Mystérieux

Le Grande Mystérieux - Chapter One

Overshadowing all else, though, were the wings that sprouted from its back. Nothing that Miss Fenwick had told me had conveyed the true horror of those membranous appendages, unfurled and poised ready to lift the cat into the air. Or to close around its prey.
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The Birthday Party.
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The Birthday Party.

I've been reading Haruki Murakami and Chuck Palahniuk recently. And,
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Can't You Hear Me?
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Can't You Hear Me?

‘I thought you weren’t going to come,’ she said. He said
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Family Holidays.
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Family Holidays.

A Short Story. We’ve all got photographs of family holidays. Children
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Freshly Butchered
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Freshly Butchered

Here is the third in my series of fifty-word stories based
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Children Should be Seen and Not Heard
Flash Fiction

Children Should be Seen and Not Heard

Here is the second fifty word story inspired by this photograph from
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I Haven't Got Time For This Nonsense
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I Haven't Got Time For This Nonsense

I have a plastic carrier bag full of old photographs in my
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Ken Preston
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