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A man is woken by screams

‘One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.’ - André Gide

‘A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.’ - Oswald Mosley

‘…a train seemed just right. It's exciting! It takes you to new places…’ - Robert Mitchum in ‘Holiday Affair’; screenplay by Don Hartman.

My window is stupidly narrow. Whenever I smoked and couldn’t muster the twenty seconds it takes to clear my ashtray, the wind would spurt through; like an arrow through the arrowslit...

‘A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.’ – G.K. Chesterton

Denis Burbank, a US geologist, visits the Uyuni salt flats and gets more than he bargained for.

‘National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals: a necessary condition for self-improvement.’ — Richard Rorty

He only took his eyes off his dog for a moment, and then Jip was gone.

‘Everything you are comes from your choices.’ — Jeff Bezos

Talents show up when they’re needed… ‘Best Approach to Kiama’ painting by Carole Massey

‘The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.’ ― Eleanor Roosevelt

It should've been a lovely holiday. Now it threatens to become a tragedy. Will help arrive in time?

‘Autumn is as joyful and sweet as an untimely end.’ - Rémy de Gourmont

An elderly man's relationship with his old leather belt takes a strange turn

Nye ap Morgan meets a man with a dark secret.

An elderly and infirm rich man's wife joins her lover in Paris - with unforeseen results

‘Life is short, and the world is wide.’ – Unknown

‘The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo. You, that way: we, this way.’ – William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost

Children’s story, short, sweet, and involves friendship and acceptance.