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Deserted
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First World by Mark Jones

I started going to bed early and getting up at four each morning to sit in the chair and stare...
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South of 18 by Douglas German
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South of 18 by Doulgas K. German

The way I met Calhoun, I was sitting in the bar, the only bar we have in town. At the...
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Old man in old cabin by Edgar A. Porter
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Old Man by Edgar A. Porter

Old Man lived at the peak of Ghosten Mountain, not two miles from my boyhood home. Covered in pine and...
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old barn
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This Life by Rachel Vigier

1 In one day, six months ago, Louis Paradis became a husband and a farmer. He had the date engraved...
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Scottish Coalmine that's all work
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It’s All Work by Ross Crawford

Oral History Project Name: Memories of Life and Work in Central Scotland Interview Status: Restricted Name of Interviewee: Murdoch [Redacted]...
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Isle of Skye
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Half-clouded Sky, by Cassie Smith-Christmas

Rhona started leaving nearly every night after Aonghas was asleep, like she had the night The Silence had begun.  There...
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Rose Petals
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Yumi’s Petals, by Poppy Johnson

Yumi sat crossed-legged on the floor. She had spread out onto the carpet an ugly lime green table cloth that...
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bull riding in Crazy Train by Simon Rowe
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Crazy Train by Simon Rowe

Our first summer storm arrived in the wee hours of a warm mid-January morning. As lightning flickered against the curtains...
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Adam Trodd offers his flash fiction
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Did You Eat of The Apple? (fiction), by Adam Trodd

Nana had loved Mike for years. There was something of the earth about the man. He owned land but the...
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flyers for stephen the dog
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Flyers for Steven, by Adam Kenworthy

Steven. Steven, is loose. Loose, so I had to go looking for him. I’d been meaning to fix the gate....
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Sisterhood of the pines
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Sisterhood of the Pines by Edward N. McConnell

Last Night The three most important women in my life were very sick, probably dying. I didn’t know what was...
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Wet Field
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The Road Was Full of Mud by Neil Tully

Conleth Ferris tossed a cigarette end to the yard. He coughed, then swallowed the phlegm, imagined the inside of his...
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