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Continue reading →: Classroom embersFirst published with Furious Gazelle 2023 Mr. Sharples surveyed the wreck of his once immaculate science classroom. He rubbed his blackened fingers against each other, but this just spread the soiling around. Today had been horrendous, worst in his career. He wandered outside and sat on the grassy verge,…
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Continue reading →: Baptism — a betrayal short by Gavin TurnerBaptism by Gavin Turner It was hot in the cab. Spring rain drove at the screen and splashes of the street came into view. The driver’s dark eyes glaring at me in his mirror. The gun on his lap. My hand gripped the door handle. He was spouting a lesson on…
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Continue reading →: Jesus speaks from inside a tennis bagJesus speaks from inside a tennis bag – a short story.
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Continue reading →: The bone oleThe bone ole is a short piece of CNF that I wrote following a fairly strange conversation with a chap I met while walking my dog. Within the space of about 5 minutes I had been introduced to the largest dog I have ever seen and a dark secret uncovered…
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