Stories tagged “British”
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Pioneer Days (homophone challenge)
Beats echoed across the plain, rebounding off tree and rock, making John look up from his plowing. It wasn’t long before he spied them. They were a red blur in the distance. He unhitched Star from the plow and led her to the barn. She followed, b...
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Drift
From the London Globe and Mail, November 4, 2009: REUTERS — Top scientists and military are being called into London so as to devise a plan by which the extent of nuclear radiation on the Isles’ soil shall be minimalised. The matter was tab...
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Halfway Between
She’d picked up ‘Deathly Hallows’ in the kid’s books section, not the adult’s. The kid’s cover was more cheerful with the trio in the mound of gold, even if Ron looked suspiciously like Rupert Grint. But that was two...
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A Sweet Confection Investigation
“Dear Mr Cavendish,” Niall said, his words coated in the same sort of sugary sweet veneer as the confections for which he was so well renowned. “How nice of you to —” “Do not speak, you pernicious freak,” Caven...
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It Looks Like an Adidas Commercial
Rustenburg The black and white ball spun so fast it became grey. Robert Greene, England’s goalie, knew that it was up to him to prevent these American upstarts from scoring. They were decent players but enough was enough. He dove for the ball- an...
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The will which says to them: "Hold on"
When they heard the fire from inside sputter and fade, the natives rushed forward. Shouting Zulus swarmed through the brush, their spears clattering from the walls of the mission and sticking in the mealie bags reinforcing the perimeter. Inside the wal...
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Bloody Sunday
Jeers filled the air along with rocks and whatever other objects the protestors could find. The black and tan clad soldiers stood resolutley at the other end of the square, accepting any blow without the slightest break in discipline. One man shimmied ...
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Bobby
Bobby doesn’t have a day job. He watches British car shows all afternoon. “They have to ride a second hand motorcycle across Vietnam. If it breaks down they have to ride a motorcycle painted with the American flag that plays “Born in the USA ...
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Satire & Sadness
Lord Berundy had been a long standing advocate of remaining single, but fell prey to the pressures of a society which demanded alliance and progeny – ideally in that order – and thus found himself wed to the beautiful Countess of Adlerbury....