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Short stories with Nightjar, Tartarus, Ambit, London Magazine, Confingo, Mechanics Institute Review, Liar's League, Litro, Storgy, Dream Catcher.

England, United Kingdom
Joined November 2016
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I made a fun free word game. Find words to make blocks disappear & reveal new blocks. Unique cube every day. Share scores with your friends. I want people to play it, so please like or share this post, or even better play wordcube.cc and let me know what you think.
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Hint for today's cube on wordcube.cc
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Thanks to a kind reader we have this pair of Nightjars to give away post-free to a UK-based reader on a low income. We’ll keep them together & offer them as a pair since they were published as one. DM to stake your claim. First come first served.
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For any Americans new to this, yes it’s a centuries-old parliamentary custom to have the Benny Hill theme playing at all times during political interviews
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Wordle 259 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I know - sharing your wordle is so 2 weeks ago - but I'm pretty proud of my word selections here.
The Gold Blend couple having an argument after 30 years of marriage.
‘Why are you asking me that question?’ This is excruciating #BBCBreakfast
‘Why are you asking me that question?’ This is excruciating #BBCBreakfast
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After 18 months of not writing a thing - the pandemic really screwed up my biorhythms, plus I was sick of the whole daft business - I have edited some *garbage* that I wrote to make myself write from 13k to 5k. It's OK. Entered a comp because I needed the motivation. I feel OK.
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What is the optimum amount of time to keep overripe bananas because you're going to make banana loaf before you decide to throw them away?
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Enjoying the current crop of 'If Labour wants to win they must do exactly what I want them to' articles.
Email your MP, people. Let them know how angry you are about it. Do it now.
"Johnson said the time had come to remove virtually all statutory Covid restrictions, given the “natural firebreak” of imminent school holidays and the summer weather." The... the what?
Presumeably Owen Jones is rocking in a foetal position again.