Category: Six Sentence Story
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11 Jan: A Six – Part: 4
Beyond an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Part 4 Stonehenge: Latitude: 51.1789° N, Longitude: -1.8278° W The gods decided to send a storm … but they weren’t just talking about it – they were bloody screaming, and the clouds were black as the brows of doom. Nick shouts over…
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17 Dec: A Six – Drifting from The Moles Pub
Beyond an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Day 4 Drifting from The Three Moles Pub “Did ya get lost, or what, Brigid? … re-bloody-calculating,” says the child-like brogue of the SatNav — Nick’s focus snaps to the map on the PCM screen, “… lil’ fucker …” he grins. “Thanks…
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9 Dec: A Six – Heads or Tails at The Three Moles Pub
Beyond an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Day 3 Heads or Tails at The Three Moles Pub We’ve stopped for lunch at The Three Moles pub near Petworth, West Sussex; it smells malty sweet, old wood soaking up fumes of dark mild ale, (we both order rib eye steaks,…
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4 Dec: A Six – Brighton Rock
Beyond an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Day 2 Title: Brighton Rock By midday, we are relaxing on striped sun loungers in the shadow of Brighton Palace Pier, watching Hünga dance with waves whose rhythm orchestrates every movement of his playful partner, but beneath the pier, the waves feel…
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26 Nov: A Six – The Devil’s Dyke
Beyond an Intersection Named After an English King and a SaintSix Sentence Story: Day 1 Road Trip: The Devil’s Dyke “… the proof is in Devil’s Dyke,” I say. Nick, Hünga and I are in an open meadow, looking down at a deep V-shaped groove in a hill, “The story goes that the Devil said…
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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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