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Circumference
“Welcome, everyone. Please look up at the board. Can anyone tell me what a circumference is?” Anita said, addressing her second-year maths group. “Sir, what Ms?” Larry spoke up from…
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My Oldest Brother – Robert (Aged 70)
Robert. You were an icon of youth organizations within Inchicore. A master on the drawing board of architecture. A safety official on the hills. From the time we could walk,…
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Bob Williamson
Bob Williamson lived at number 42, and he looked like the sort of man people crossed the road to avoid. A murderer, a paedophile, or something equally menacing—at least, that’s…
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The Old Coat
The spare bedroom in Granny’s old house. The wardrobe door creaks treacherously when eight year old Simon slowly opens it. An old coat of faded tartan with nostril-wrinkling odours. The…
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Ring out the Old, Ring in the New
Yes, yes, yes. New Year’s Eve is a perfect day to ring out the current boyfriend to be available for new love starting the next day. Decluttering I call it.…
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Freedom Within
She danced among the cherry blossom trees lined along the road as far as the eye could see. A flood of water lay stagnant at the edge of the road…
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The Christmas Killer
Detective Harry Ford sat motionless at his desk in the LAPD homicide unit late that Christmas Eve. Staring at the page with one name on it. He should have been…
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Operation Christmas Bypass
Mickey swore he didn’t mean to do it. Santy was having none of it. ‘Mickey, I’ve told you several times to stop messing around with machinery. Red lights mean stop.…
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My Dad’s Cardigan
December the first arrived and my husband started his ranting. I ignored him as long as I could, but once the week before Christmas came, there was no escaping it.…
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The Christmas Carol
It’s the most wonderful time of the year:- Christmas. Families all over the world prepare for the great day, the wishful expectations of children and adults alike. Jill was preparing…