25th November 2023 Writings

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Excerpt from: I Cerritos
She projected an avatar in the Ready Room. “Captain. It’s in five minutes.”

“I know! I’m just finishing up some paperwork.”

“You’re just procrastinating.”

The Captain sighed. “I hate these functions. The thanks I get for elevating the status of the California class!”

Cerritos rolled her eyes. “Think of it as a necessary evil.”

“Of course,” Freeman said.

Words: 58


Excerpt from: Meeting a Community
First, a prayer meeting later in the week.

Second, that the youth group would be held with another youth group at the Bowling Alley.

Third, that there was a men’s meeting later in the week.
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‘I could go to that, maybe,’ Benjamin considered.

After that, there were couple more older hymns, including Amazing Grace.

“Amazing Grace. How sweet the sound…”


Then the Bible reading.

Words: 65


Excerpt from: Repeating Mistakes
“So, what next?” Janelle asked.

“In the morning we’ll ask around the village.”

“It would be a bit difficult to do at night.”

“Yes,” the Doctor agreed.

“But we can’t get to bed straight after eating.”

“Of course not. But there is a small library here, and I’ll imagine that there will be stories told in the common room.”

“The latter would be interesting,” Janelle considered.

“Then that’s what we’ll do,” the Doctor decided.


Janelle entered the Common Room behind the Doctor. ‘The perfect place for stories,’ she thought.

The Doctor found an empty table near the bar. “Over here!” he said.

“Sure,” she said.


“It was a little upstream of the village…”

Words: 113


Excerpt from: Fog on the Barrow Downs
That was what she wanted to hear. He knew what to do. She smiled. “Thank you old one,” she said playfully.

She then left the room to continue her chores.


The hobbits sprang to their feet in alarm, and ran to the western rim. They found that they were upon an island in the fog. Even as they looked out in dismay towards the setting sun, it sank before their eyes into a white sea, and a cold grey shadow sprang up in the East behind. The fog rolled up to the walls and rose over them, and as it mounted it bent over their heads until it became a roof: they were shut in a hall of mist whose central pillar was the standing stone.

Words: 126


Excerpt from: Spider Quinn
“May I come in?” she asked.

“Of course. I’ll put on some tea, just the way you like it.”

“Thanks. Is Jake home?”

“Yes.”

I have the tea and catch up with you two, as well as Daria and Quinn briefly.


Helen, Daria and Quinn remained silent after Linda told of her last visit at the old house.

‘She hasn’t commented that Quinn’s hair is a different color,’ Daria thought. She didn’t realise until later how important that detail was.

“So, why did you fake your death?” her mother asked.

“People were after me,” Linda explained.

“Could you explain more?” her mother asked.


I had discovered something at work…

Linda returned home from the Morgendorffers. She knew that she had to get away. There were already threats and Highland was suffocating. She had already put plans in place, she just had to initiate them. She grabbed what was essential and went to the backyard. Soon, the place was alight and she was a disguised passenger on a Greyhound coach enroute to Montana.

Words: 172


Total: 534