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Things They’ll Never See
Your legs are weak. Another push in the back forces you to up the pace. It feels like a hill. A winding gravel path. The hood smells like stale dust. Dead skin, your mum always said. Must be an old t-shirt. A cotton balloon, cable tied at the neck. You ask for water and a…
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Wish You Were Here… Chapter 4
After escaping the clutches of the It’s A Knockout firm with the help of the mysterious Jester figure, the Crown Court team learn that dark forces are plotting against them… “They whittled it down to the last two, and me and Lazenby were the only ones left”, said Claypole. He removed his three pronged cap-n-bells…
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The Last Goodbye
Published in Issue 4 of Thi Wurd magazine, January 2021. There was no recommendation from the NME.No video from the Chart Show.No nod from an older brotheror ..an informed musical sage. It was a 12” freebie, given away from a local radio phone-in. You open the cardboard envelope and the sleeve is a bland beige.…
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Wish You Were Here…. Chapter 3
After outwitting Little and Large, the Crown Court firm find there’s no safe place to hide. Something wasn’t right.The bus stopped, then loud footsteps pounded the stairs as the driver announced that Cheetham Hill Road was closed off due to unknown circumstances and the bus would have to terminate. We got off to see blue…
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Wish You Were Here…. Chapter 2
An influential figure makes a desperate attempt to quell the spiral of violence gripping Granada land, in the second installment of J** J*****’s gripping tale. The night felt darker than usual as we made our way through trees at the entrance to Heaton Park towards hole number seven of the pitch and putt course.We’d split…
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Wish You Were Here…. Chapter 1
The Untold Story of TVs Golden Age… In 1976 J* J**** was a teenage actor starring in TV blockbuster, Crown Court.What seemed like a world of glamour soon revealed its dark underbelly, unknown to it’s millions of adoring viewers.Fearful of reprisals, her memoirs were kept hidden for 30 years, until now…. The year of our…
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Beast
The ice moaned as Michael inched across the canal towards his red, woollen glove lying motionless on the frozen surface. The further he went out, the further away it seemed to get. “Just tell them you lost it – it’s only a fuckin glove”, called Neil from the bank,“I’m going in soon”. That’s exactly the…
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Now and Then
Have you seen ‘em on facebook lately? All giving it the big,‘Oh – I’m 2 years sober……’‘I’m 6 months clean – look at me everyone’ They need to get a fuckin grip. You are allowed a good time with your mates now and then without turning it into some drama. I mean, we were all…
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Arse About Face
They sat in a horseshoe by the swimming pool, girlfriends at one end, lads at the other and I pull up a chair to sit between them.The DJ inside the house was one of our friends.I only knew him as Wayne, but from now on, I’d have to refer to him as a friend.A friend,…
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Piece Of String – RW Hedges
https://wonderfulsound.bandcamp.com/album/year-after-year Thirty seconds into RW Hedges first release from his latest album Year after Year, the guitar, bass, drums and vocals melt into a moment. A moment musicians may never achieve in a lifetime of music making. One where the listener forgets the conscious periphery and the sound becomes an all consuming sensory need. The…
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