Category: Girlie On The Edge
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21 Nov: A Six – Fracturing the Now
At an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Part 38.2 & 38.3 Fracturing the Now Part 38.2 “What more do you need to know – I am Hanzō.” And he’s right, of course, I don’t … I don’t need to know if he’s married; if he loves her; if she…
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19 Nov: A Six – La Pêche Melba
At an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Part 38 La Pêche Melba (Note: to maintain continuity, the events in this post precede Nick The Gatekeeper’s dream.) He says it’s like the first ever day of winter; Pierre loves winter, and he’s rejuvenated wearing a white apron and working over the…
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13 Nov: A Six – A Familiar Signature
At an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Part 37 A Familiar Signature Pierre drifts from the shadows of his room, rubs the flood of kitchen light from his eyes, and blinks ghostly spots away whilst biting into the fish finger sandwich meant for my grandmother – Hanzō gasps ……
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9 Nov: Poem-a-Day Challenge
Well, Maybe Not a Thousand … It was the sort of summer that one vaguely remembers – an idle summer of a thousand different hours, except for a few days when Farmer Lars harvested the fields and left stubble and nowhere for rabbits and field mice to hide – hawks waiting in the trees with…
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6 Nov A Six: A Veil of Single Malt Whisky
At an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintA Six Sentence Story: Part 36 Under a Veil of Single Malt Whisky Pierre’s getting right up my nose lately; he and the scent of linseed oil are wedged in my sinuses … (it’s like pine trees damp with rain; it’s a scent you never…
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31 Oct: A Six – A Recipe for Conversation
At an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Part 35b (513 words & 3 mins reading time) A Recipe for Conversation Time: 22.29, The syncopated rhythm of his walking stick heralds Nick’s arrival; Arpege’s door opens … (I smile without explaining that punctuality is a near obsession with me) ……
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28 Oct: A Six – P34, Channelling Agency
At an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Part 34 Channelling Agency Pierre wants more black paint (he’s in his “Black Period, his Pinturas Negras,) and says he’s channelling Francisco Goya by recreating the “Witches’ Sabbath” on the walls of his bedroom – grey pithless sun-down hills spawning menace and…
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22 October: Six Sentence Trifecta
When Ink Stops, the Pen Goes Dry October is pouring itself away. Rain sharp as swords that utter their own words, and then reel out of the gutters icy-loud … (leaf mould blocking the downspouts again). I buried another pigeon, the second in a week – it died, wrapped in a towel while I held…
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16 Oct: A Six – Nature of Things
At an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: 1964: The Nature of Things: Part 32.3 1964 Stromstad: The Summer of Wolfsbane … and I’m afraid of the Jabberwocky because nobody can tell me what it is, and also Wolfsbane because it makes your brain think you’re flying, and Grandmother fingers…
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16 Oct: A Six – Part: 33
At an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Part 33 Danse de Caractère On the rim of morning as sunrise panelbeats stars into the sky … Brigid dances. Her silhouette fades in and out of the moonlight, slips between winter bare trees, a tour en l’air as she leaps over…
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