John A.

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Summer

John A. posted an article on - Aug 18, 2011, 11:49 am

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Where Laetitia loved

John A. posted an article on - Aug 9, 2011, 9:33 am

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Be careful what you wish for

John A. posted an article on - Jul 13, 2011, 6:32 am
 
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Love missed

John A. posted an article on - Jun 11, 2011, 5:56 pm
 
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Yesterday's future

John A. posted an article on - May 31, 2011, 3:32 am

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Kids play

John A. posted an article on - May 29, 2011, 7:09 am
Random word: Deasil
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Waiting

John A. posted an article on - May 25, 2011, 4:02 pm
  Random Word: Ruth fixed
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One Sunday

John A. posted an article on - May 22, 2011, 2:03 pm
Picture prompt from Jinksy using the Ch'i-yen-shih metre
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Old Beauty

John A. posted an article on - May 21, 2011, 4:37 pm
  Click here to find out about the artist Random word: Up close
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Love of 1921

John A. posted an article on - May 21, 2011, 3:58 pm
Random word: May 1921
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Once… and many times again

John A. posted an article on - May 13, 2011, 1:25 pm
  Random Word: A tailor
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Isn't Michael taken?

John A. posted an article on - May 13, 2011, 1:24 pm
Random Word: Vera left
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Found by his bedside

John A. posted an article on - May 5, 2011, 10:50 am
  Random word: Never
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Microfiction Monday: Far, far away

John A. posted an article on - May 2, 2011, 3:57 pm
140 character story – drop by to Grandma's Goulash to leave your own
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On a quiet day

John A. posted an article on - Apr 29, 2011, 7:54 am
While the world watches a wedding, a fairy tale for little princesses, I sit and wait. The silent street with trees gnarled and spring green leaves. In each house a party, this one sedate and...
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a kiss away

John A. posted an article on - Apr 29, 2011, 6:07 am
I saw a castle broken into bones of grandeur, scratched with screams and clatter, damp with the mist of autumn rain. Strength still for protection but a kiss away from love. I turned to her, eyes...
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A last dance

John A. posted an article on - Apr 26, 2011, 4:04 pm

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Microfiction Monday: No Bull here

John A. posted an article on - Apr 25, 2011, 9:33 am
140 character story – drop by to Grandma's Goulash to leave your own.
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Dan Dared

John A. posted an article on - Apr 23, 2011, 10:45 am
 
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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (2009)

John A. posted an article on - Apr 23, 2011, 5:23 am
Well some good bits first. It did help me understand more about car racing. And yes I liked the title as the theme for the story – we can get through the bad times etc. But the characters are flat...
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Back then

John A. posted an article on - Apr 19, 2011, 9:12 am

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Microfiction Monday: History is bunk

John A. posted an article on - Apr 18, 2011, 4:00 pm
140 character story – drop by to Grandma's Goulash to leave your own.
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Microfiction Monday: Idle Hands

John A. posted an article on - Apr 17, 2011, 5:06 am
140 character story – drop by to Grandma's Goulash to leave your own.
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Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (2006)

John A. posted an article on - Apr 16, 2011, 10:16 am
Story of a weekend that goes very badly wrong as Grady Tripp, a writer stuck with a book he can’t finish, and relationships he can’t stick to, manages to get drunk and high in all the wrong places,...
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He was buried in a potter's field

John A. posted an article on - Apr 10, 2011, 12:26 pm
Random Word: potter’s field
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Just another love song

John A. posted an article on - Apr 8, 2011, 1:12 pm
Visit Mr.Knowitall to post your own Friday Flash Fifty-Five Fiction! 'Do you know what soundtrack you are?' The question caught my attention, which is more then she did. I liked them blond and...
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Sometimes its the spider that gets caught

John A. posted an article on - Apr 7, 2011, 3:24 pm
        'I mean it's not lady-like.' Mavis always acted lady-like. She loved the disappointment in men when her twentieth century body followed nineteenth century rules. ...
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The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (2004)

John A. posted an article on - Apr 6, 2011, 1:06 pm
The book is a popular history of the politics leading up to 1893 Chicago world fair and the opportunities it gave to a local serial murder( mostly woman – burnt or flesh bleached off for sale as...
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Microfiction Monday: When you take a child to the wrong show

John A. posted an article on - Apr 3, 2011, 4:52 pm
140 character story – drop by to Grandma's Goulash to leave your own
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Life develops before living

John A. posted an article on - Apr 3, 2011, 7:19 am
The windowpane shattered. As always the shards cut her as they reintegrated. Mals looked out but the street, with its abandoned shops and cars, was empty as usual. Once she had fought back – all...
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Tara, tara boom de ay

John A. posted an article on - Apr 2, 2011, 1:50 pm
Visit Mr.Knowitall to post your own Friday Flash Fifty-Five Fiction!       Tara was up-tight. But drunk, she turned pink and fluffy with panties to match. As a...
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She left a job in finance

John A. posted an article on - Apr 2, 2011, 11:12 am

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One Day by David Nicholls (2009)

John A. posted an article on - Mar 30, 2011, 4:27 am
The title is the clue as to the novels theme and structure as it is a love story explored on one day - the anniversary of when Dex and Em first meet – over 20 years. You soon despair and root for...
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Microfiction Monday: Look before you see

John A. posted an article on - Mar 28, 2011, 4:01 pm
140 character post card story – drop by to Grandma's Goulash to see more
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She sat on a bare mattress

John A. posted an article on - Mar 24, 2011, 4:37 am

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The Spiral Staircase – Karen Armstrong (2005)

John A. posted an article on - Mar 22, 2011, 2:41 am
  In this book we follow her failures (as a nun, an academic, a TV presenter and finally a teacher) as steps towards the revelation that spiritual experience is wider then Christian belief and...
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In days of yore

John A. posted an article on - Mar 20, 2011, 4:55 am
Random Word: Fabliau
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The Church of Dead Girls – Stephen Dobyns (1997)

John A. posted an article on - Mar 19, 2011, 12:18 pm
  Slow build up of tension as three teenage girls disappear from a small town. The story’s focus is on the town folk whose behaviour becomes as extreme and immoral as the killer. The narrative...
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They said it couldn't work

John A. posted an article on - Mar 19, 2011, 11:25 am
Random Word: They said it couldn’t work
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Microfiction Monday #67

John A. posted an article on - Mar 19, 2011, 10:06 am
140 Character story or poem meme thanks to Susan at Stony River
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So when will he notice?

John A. posted an article on - Mar 19, 2011, 10:06 am
Random Word: Jangles
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The camera never lies

John A. posted an article on - Mar 19, 2011, 10:06 am
  Random Word: Rubies
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The other Scottish play

John A. posted an article on - Mar 19, 2011, 10:06 am
  Random Word: Sliced
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Revenge is a cut best sold cold

John A. posted an article on - Mar 19, 2011, 10:06 am
       Random Word: Fortune
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To the grave will it go

John A. posted an article on - Mar 19, 2011, 10:06 am
 Random Word: Absolve
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Grief bides even in the sun

John A. posted an article on - Mar 19, 2011, 10:06 am
Random Word: Feasting
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Let the customer decide

John A. posted an article on - Feb 22, 2011, 7:11 am
    Doing a pitch, as the plane still burned, wasn't ideal but Al saw an opportunity. However, Prof Barry when approached about investing in the Philly BreadMaker just reached for his...
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Alien Probe

John A. posted an article on - Feb 22, 2011, 6:15 am
Visit Mr.Knowitall to post your own Friday Flash Fifty-Five Fiction!   Staggering under the gravity as the humanoid halo tingled his hide, Yatz struggled with the broken transbox. ‘Sir,...
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Size does matter

John A. posted an article on - Feb 15, 2011, 2:55 pm
‘I want a square coffin  so I’m buried in my wheelchair.’ Without a pause, the undertaker, said, ‘Naturally sir.’ Harry snapped back  ‘I’ll have that in writing.’ As Franklin...
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C'est la vie.

John A. posted an article on - Feb 2, 2011, 4:09 pm
  Random Word: a little different
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