When the email arrived in his inbox offering parent tuition to support students in their homework, his immediate reaction was to just delete it; and so he did – ‘click’ went the mouse. The day was far too busy to be taking on more time-consuming activities. Ironically he had a parent’s evening tonight at 5.30pm. Could […]
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It wasn’t always like this, the darkness and the silence. There was a time when his world was full of sound and vivid colours, all of which were taken for granted. That was before the blast that ripped through the shopping centre, tearing away his sight and blowing away his hearing. He imagined that people […]
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She watched the drop of rain fall from the edge of the green plastic sheet above her. Every so often, the small puddle that formed near the edge would empty its contents and form a thin silver string that connected with the puddle at her feet. Despite sitting on her pack, the cold had worked […]
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“If you find a couple of diamonds, save one for me,” her editor called out as she ran out of the door, late as usual. Being asked to write a piece on coal mining was not on the top of her list for prize winning journalism, however, when she was told that the last working […]
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I’m confident in saying that he would not have chosen to do this for a living. Massaging feet was not the worst thing in the world, once you got into it, although it wasn’t what dreams are made of. A handful of warm oil to soften the skin, kneading the balls of the feet like […]
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She stood around 6 feet tall, with long blonde hair tied in a pony tail and fixed with a velvet navy bow. She was not pretty by conventional standards, however, this 40 something lady was certainly attractive even handsome some might say. One thing you noticed immediately about her when she spoke, was that she radiated […]
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An eagle soared high above the hidden castle. She caught a thermal and slowly circled where the faint traced outline the castle would be . A hidden castle was no more less obvious than trying to hide your whole body behind your hands. All woodland creatures knew of its existence, it had been there for […]
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Later that evening Trixie was escorted down through the castle to the main room she had seen earlier. The castle seemed much warmer than usual and the air was heavy as if all the drafts had been taken away. There also seemed to be a lot of activity with guards and staff running around on […]
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“Now don’t you look lovely my dear,” said the Witch. Trixie looked in the mirror again and whilst the clothes Hazel had chosen for her were unusual, they did make her feel somewhat sexy. Made of an ivory coloured silk, her short dress clung to her body that extenuated her young figure. The neck line […]
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Connal sat by a large elm tree in the middle of a pasture within sight of the castle’s walls. The grass was long, and insects buzzed around doing what insects do all day. Occasionally the grass would bend as a small rodent would run here and there in pursuit of something or other. It was […]
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