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INVASIVE SPECIES
The spores floated through the air. No one knew where they had come from. Some said outer space, some said underground, some said the remotest part of the Great Steppe. Some revered as they passed overhead, some reviled. Portents of doom mixed with euphoria. The Great Coming of either a God or a Devil. Alarms…
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IN PRAEPARATIONE
‘Not going to help you much when the flood comes, Noah,’ they sneered at the conspicuous life raft parked in front of the church. Little did they know. Underneath the building, Pastor Michaels rewired the circuit breaker for the thousandth time. ‘I’ll be ready.’ He took another gulp of moonshine, swayed, tripped over his toolbox…
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SOMETHING OR NOTHING?
‘I’m not going down there.’ ‘It’s just a shed.’ ‘An ominous shed and a strange thumping noise.’ ‘What do you think is going to be down there? Be rational.’ ‘You’ve seen horror films, right? Where you sit and say “they shouldn’t go into the dark cellar, why would they do that?”‘ ‘This isn’t a film,…
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“The Barra Boy” by Iain Kelly – Book Review @BookGuild #NetGalley #TheBarraBoy @IainK_Writing #BookReview
Originally posted on Fictionophile: Ewan Fraser, a London solicitor, is a lifelong bachelor in his fifties. One day, on his way to work he spies a familiar face at the station which prompts him to make an uncharacteristically spontaneous decision. He will return to the Hebridean island of Barra to seek closure for the summer…
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