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TO LIVE
by
Mick Parkin

Prologue
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  The men wearing re

Shadow Play sat in the living room of the small apartment, beer bottles scattered about, a joint going from one to another,

Chapter 6

Once I made the decision to just up and leave, the array and intensity of people’s responses wa

Dear Ms. Einstein,

Please find below the first chapter of my novel ‘The Return of Dadhyanka’.

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Chapter One

I never did get the whole story.  Later a mutual friend confirmed that Tony had dropp

Mary was sixteen when she buried her mother under five years of cancer. The pair had subsisted as seamstresses since Mary�

CHAPTER TWO
The fire in the storm
        It had taken les

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Dana used to lay awake at night imagining people making connections as though on a circuit board. It wasn’t something

A roll of bills waits between them on the bar, and a lit cigarette her lips haven’t touched. Her mouth pauses open in

The Maiden’s Heart

The Mountain in the Lake

When I was younger, my life was full of promi

Dear  Susanna,

I am writing in response to the Urbis opportunity involving your company.
I

Chain of Hope

     “We are very worried about you,” her dream guide said.
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Winston Chaney was a high-ranking member of the English government. He was a respected member of the shadow Conservative Pa

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1. PROLOGUE: Dad’s Wife, Cuckoo

One Saturday night when we were already in our pajamas, four

Pockets of Change

1. Dad, Woods Owner

One Saturday night when we were already in our pajama

Miranda felt the baby move, and suddenly connected to it. Before, when she thought of the baby, she also thought of her fat

Gwen had taken Monday off to read the book. She’d taken Tuesday off to read the book. She’d taken Wednesday off

Nancy was seventeen when she realized the man who worked for her father would become her husband. His name was Ed, and befo

Gwen was old. She’d always been old and worn taffy-coloured stockings to prove it. No one ever asked her age, because

If you didn’t know Georgie, you’d have thought he’d been expecting this. Dana didn’t know him, so w

Prologue
June 4, 2000
               

     Worth was glad to have a day minus his partner. He enjoyed Grant’s company to a point but he had

It really wasn’t about me. It wasn’t about fame, or history, or glory, and certainly not money. It was not a personal t

It gets worse every day. Technology drives people further and further apart from one another. Connect to your Iphone and di

It gets worse every day. Technology drives people further and further apart from one another. Connect to your Iphone and di

I find myself stifled and drowning in floating strands stripped from feathers. Shreds of my own dignity filtered through th