Stories tagged “ireland”
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Meanwhile, 4,000 Miles and a Dimension (or Two) Away...
Galway, Ireland Five minutes later Declan MacLyntire’s last sensation was the stuffiness of the hospital room as doctors crowded around him. Then he fell. He fell through the deepest chasms that he couldn’t see, then skimmed across the surf...
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The Trouble With Tipples
She was peacefully tending the front garden. The ground started shaking. She looked up, she swore she could see flames. She certainly saw clouds of smoke. The problem was all this noise and smoke were heading her way. The huge beast ground to a halt be...
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Green & Dance
“Come on! You simply can’t refuse this, can you?” Her eyes flickered to the torrential rain, and her mouth tightened into a small line. “I can.” He knelt before her, legs long and lanky; he didn’t know where to put t...
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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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Just a guy after all
She was beautiful. The way she swung her hips back and forth, her soft brown hair and eyes contrasting with white skin, the Irish lilt with which she spoke when she ordered her coffee. I wanted to just bask in her glory, but who was I do that? I was, a...
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Just my Luck. Day 1
After a few hours in coach on a small charter boat, I stumbled off the pier and collapse on the ground. I wake up and see my brother, Jensen looming over me. “God, Jensen, did Mom and Dad ever teach you about personal space?” I grumble, sit...
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Just My Luck. Day 2
My eyes flutter open as water falls on my face. I look up and see the rather large waterstain in the ceiling. Groaning, I slip farther under the covers, shielding my face from the rain. Rain, rain go away, why is it so wet here? I frown at the sound of...