The swimming pool

Some years ago I worked in a town in Surrey and used to go to the local swimming pool at lunchtimes. It had separate men's showers and changing room. Well this day it wasn't busy[…]

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Meteor

Dr. John S. Battle stared at the screen, unblinking for a moment, then took a deep shuddering breath. "Any chance that your calculations could be wrong?" he asked as the faces around the room focused[…]

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Mrs goodytwoshoes

As I was hanging out my washing, Mary, my elderly neighbour called me over. “I don’t really know how to tell you this, but my son is coming to stay with us, on Wednesday.” she[…]

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Our boarder

Our Boarder Times were hard, money was tight, and so we invited a boarder into our home. Since money was tight we decided to advertise in the local university paper for a boarder, to help[…]

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Under his spell

As long as Patrick could remember he had the power, well at least as far back as eight years old anyway. For about eighteen years now, with no real rhyme or reason, Patrick has somehow[…]

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