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DREAMSCAPES FICTION 2007 ARCHIVE

2007 Regrets Andrea Moser collects Bukowski reject slips Old Fighting Men Quentin Bates in the tearoom Over the hill Quentin Bates Icelandic mystery 'Thank you for driving carefully through our town...' Grace - A Texas girl remembered Martin Green The Decision Martin Green on life choices Street Spirit Ben Gerhardt Sometimes we regret Afrique - l'heure bleue Maja Hagborg It's a Mutt's World Nickolay Todorov When dogs love chickens People of the Ice and Snow Caitlin Metland When the white men come run Dying Wish Wesley Weyers - heaven on earth Echoes of a funeral drum Mary Opaluwa Baba and I were at the Lokongoma crossroads to perform the sacrifice which Noka’s life depended on Damien- an exorcism Tom Over - life in Amsterdam From The Horse's Mouth Welsey Weyers about a mugging The Camel Subimal Misra (translated by V Ramaswamy) - trying to have the perfect dream? Starfish Janel Atwork Trust him? Trains Doors Open Joanna Valevich - a missed opportunity? Crossing into Death Joanna Valevich on an icy road Emma's Dilemma Lalita Kakanadan goes on-line to find a man Friendship and College Days David Tavernier on finding girls Parents on Good & Bad David Tavernier Dating Kate Martin Green on relationships Brushstrokes with time Steven Bush Salvage Rights Richard Corwin in the Turk Islands Hedera Anna J G Smith on the ring that binds Conkers Quentin Bates The only time for a raid was a Sunday morning Dead Sheep Frances Lewis The grass makes my feet itch The Yellow Triangle Michael Internicola Hash and I cut through the fog coming into Barcelona Naggerbag Wendy Metcalfe - Kids go wild on Albert Street Sniff Duncan Dicks - I thought she was out of my league Under the Covers Ali Shaw - I had stopped sobbing now. Observation Jodie Corney Kimberley Morgan is laughing too loudly at a joke Fickle Finger Colin Harris on Gulf War One Shomoy Duhshomoy (Time, Bad Times) Subimal Misra – Translated by V Ramaswamy The Pringle Method Martin Green Crisis in the office Uncle Pringle and the Witch’s Curse Martin Green “Are you all right?” she asked. “Yeah, just another little accident.   They’ve been happening all this month.   It’s because I’ve been cursed.” Old in His Own Way Mike Blake To make the same mistake twice is failure... Firetrap David Francis You can’t be knocked into the middle of next week Frederick and Millie Alison Shaw - A date for the Matinee Y2K Paul Martin Everything had been prepared at the Hospital Records Library months ahead of the chaos... Making it Mark Cunliffe I’ll make it The man was running, fast and hard, his heart in his mouth and his lungs ablaze, he tore through the undergrowth ignoring the long stinging nettles that attacked his entire frame... Knowing Sheila Levin on marriage There are, as Laura would put it, moments in time which are remembered with scrupulous precision.  The millions of housewives who were washing dishes when they heard the news bulletin that President Kennedy was shot can tell you the dish they were holding. An Evening Out Gina Robertson Where does all the love go when someone dies? Mum said I was the best thing she ever did. I was loved with such a fierce burning love that sometimes I got scorched. Elin's Legacy Wendy Metcalfe Making contact with a class one alien After The Winter Mike Blake Clapton singing Have You Ever Loved a Woman in his head, a half pint of cheap vodka in his pocket; it’s all he needs to cap this hot Memorial Day weekend in his home town Sons Martin Green The first thing Paul's wife Sally said to him when he came through the door was, "Jack has another problem." Congratulations - You Are a Winner! Thomas Healy Later than usual for work, Gus Chesney rushed out to his Subaru wagon and started to unlock the door when he noticed the left front tire... Never Look Back Hawk Footsteps falling on the icy ground. Shallow breaths echo round the air. She could feel her heart pounding in her chest. She had to run, had to hide, had to get away Head Space: Green Fireplace J.A. Billstrom on edge in Vancouver Clarity after a Rainfall Lauren Almey As he headed in her direction... Melted Lauren Almey at the empty fairground Cold Dave Burton Night, Morning, Night Lauren Almey She had longed to believe in monsters... Ebb Away Lauren Almey on lovers torn apart Worth a Hug John Gorman Understanding Bill Alan Stokes Stubblefield's Joke Dan McClenaghan takes a ride First Speech Sam Barnes learns to talk Zelda the Witch Martin Green Nightmare - Iraq Dreams Gemma Williams The Death of an Immigrant Sidi Cherkawi Benzahra Life: A Hall of Mirrors David C Card in the playground Just Another Tourist Bruce Pohlman in Bali Allegory RRB on being a cricket Away for the weekend Alan Stokes with guitar solo Rythm of the Waves Jeffery Beyl - Malibu '72 An Interrupted Run Marja Hagborg in the snow Dem Bones Jeani Rector does a little digging That 'time' of year Mike Blake on old postcards Last Meeting Martin Green closes the books Japan (is Another Country) Brian Wright The Disaster Addict Spencer Dew waits for dark times ahead The Adventures of Foxman and Brodie Brodie Parker out late on the streets Travelling Mohan Anushka Rao in Bangalore Unobtrusive methods and inchoate designs Richard Grayson on identity The Rig Runner Tom Sheehan on the truckers highway A Cobbler's Tale Christine Churcher Out There Alan Stokes Sip the Night Away Caitlin Metland on the dance floor How will it end? Wendell R. Mangibin Harter Fell Graham Attenborough on a mountain Kate Webster: A good hanging Graham Attenborough I Love Kylie Chris Miller Getting Started Martin Green A Second Chance Raymond K. Clement is all at sea Delete Raymond k Clement on Monhegan Island The Man who got away Martin Green The Scavangers Raymond Clement The Oddballs Mike Knowles Family Pictures Debralynn Fein- about survival Letters from the Dead Joseph Grant keeping the peace The Little Things Xara Higgs -the importance of a crystal duck On a Plain far from here Lauren Almey Wedding Knot Joseph Grant Lost in Fiction Mark Cunliffe The Great Tennis Battle Martin Green Islander Clare Sager The Usher Woman Clare Sager In The Dark Lauren Almey is hiding The Kamping Fuhrer John Edwards The Old 88 Gerald Grant - a Sherlock Holmes adventure Angry Words James Ryder walks out Johhny Gets his car Jerry Billstrom The Hungerton Dungeon - A Sherlock Holmes adventure Gerald Grant Benches Mike Blake Watching and waiting

The Twins Richard Corwin The Church Benjamin Gerhardt A soldier's return Three Little Words Lauren Almey can't sleep My Own Eureka Moment Lauren Almey gets a grip The Paperclip Counter J Giles with insights into business efficiency Down to the Attic M. Joseph Hunt A Deadly Monday Richard Corwin Humiliation has it's own reward Homecoming Maggie Tiojakin Why come home now? What was her name? The Summer Job Martin Green on the best of times The Journey Mark Cunliffe some things in life remain with you for always Blueberry Hill Raymond K Clement goes picking berries My First Love Sidi Benzahra Bus boy's have feelings too The Money Tree by Subimal Misra Translated by V Ramaswamy Beggars come across a dead white donkey... The Winged Ones by Joginder Paul Translated from Urdu by V Ramaswamy All’s well here. Best wishes for your honour’s well being. Writing a letter to his old friend Fazaldin  Writer's Block Mark Cunliffe in detention with Guy Block Head on the Block Mark Cunliffe - Guy Block is in big trouble Soviet Block - man without trousers Mark Cunliffe Chips off the Block Mark Cunliffe - Guy has his turn with the twins One in Eleven Mathew Kaufman - pick up in Soho Three Men and a Gob of Spit Peter Leonowitz a bet too far The Old Lady of San Pedro G David Schwatz on loss and madness Train Confessions Jeannie Mark lost in thought Summer of Sadness Colin Todhunter I couldn't hold on to her Booboola- the black dog Sidi Cherkawa Benzahra good dog-bad dog Memory Block Mark Cunliffe Philip Jodie Louise - contemplating suicide Girl in a hole Bex Wilks has a mean brother Crystal Moment Tanya Hannah on a lonely childhood Please Mummy Don't Eleanor Creed about a doll The Janitor and the Little Girl Chapters One to Four 1.12.2006 Sidi Cherkawi Benzahra The Purple Rose of Baffins Paul Martin The Mirror and the Ghostwriter John Whalen buys a mirror A Father's Promise David Francis misses his Pa The Long Weekend Ali Shaw - No one would suspect a thing Diane and the Doughnut John Demetriou F-Train - a literary journey Mathew C Allison Mind Block: Guy Block gets some libido therapy Mark Cunliffe Block Out Mark Cunliffe It was a crisp January morning at Trenton University. All was normal Block Party Mark Cunliffe Guy Block knew it was going to be a bad night out. Stumbling Block Mark Cunliffe Guy Block hated tutorials.   Loving and Leaving Abi Davis The night you left... Appleby Fair Frances Lewis back to the family, he beams, and treads softly away Devastation in the Nineties: Take That Split Sara Richardson- My tale begins on the ominous day of Friday 13th February, 1996 The Solitary Hunter Jessica Schnieder "The sky is full of birds, and they are all dead..." Antoinetta's Rosebush Nickolay Todorov Antoinetta resolved to stop herself from sneaking into the crematorium furnace and joining her dead husband Myrt  Dark-Eyed Sister Paul Martin She is gazing up at the night sky, her head cocked back at ninety degrees, watching the dark. It is eleven o’clock at night and she has gone out for a walk to clear her head  The Funeral Reunion Quentin Bates A scrum of hard-faced women cradling extra-long Superkings between taloned fingers crowded around the flowers while husbands and dads in sharp suits passed a pouch of baccy from hand to hand in the summer sunshine. Uncle and the Kid Mike Blake When his nephew was younger, the uncle found it easy to do things with him. It wasn’t difficult to get the kid’s interest up in things, get him excited, and make him laugh. It seemed that the kid was game for just about anything with his favorite uncle. Whatever they did turned out to be fun   No Wonder Josh Flyr and one household animal The Dreaded Christmas Office Party Xara Higgs Flapper Xara Higgs got that razzamatazz Next Year Lauren Lifari White Sands Vincent Lowry Father and Son farewell The Human Spirit - is capable of anything Joshua Lineberry Stone Cold in the staffroom Alan Stokes Brandon Alan Stokes on happy families Diverged Timothy P Waldron - a story about identity Vodka, Wine, Milk Mary Wilson on couples The Real Heroes of the Pacific Judy Radano On Self Destruct Alan Stokes Take it or Leave it Alan Stokes Form Follows Function Dorothee Lang Rag Castle Kevin Schofield *warning an adult content ghost story A Vacant Lot Sidi Cherkawi Benzahra - a Moroccan story The Gourmet Chef H G Dowdell The Office Patsy Martin Green The Mother who chained up her son Sidi Cherkawi Benzahra on lost sheep Obey Thy Grandfather? Sidi Cherkawi Benzahra Faithful Jean S Brown on hero worship Cat's Paw Maja Hagborg A way to lose your Coat Sidi Cherkawi Benzahra Mustapha the Sheep Sidi Benzahra A Well Ordered Life Martin Green Sausalito Revisited Martin Green A travel story from the word go Tom Sheehan Driving on the Sausage Run Tom Sheehan In Order to Forget Diana Hurlbut 26th Avenue Diana Hurlbut finds a crack in the city First Day at School Chris Churcher Devil You know and the Devil you don't Ryan Moore The Tennis Season Martin Green in a doubles match Plague Tom Donoghue Hot Baby Blue: Something More one afternoon- Ryan J Moore Squat Party Graham Attenborough throws a party Happy? Graham Attenborough The Long Miles Ryan Moore is running Squirrel of Death - A true story? Evil Squirel v Man Life With the Bradstones Antonio Hernandez- robots have lives too... The Future Victor Manley in the dark Who's buying the rock? Alan Stokes Work Alan Stokes I sleep in a squat Punkerslut gets a job Gladys and Bruno Richard Corwin with circus follies Crowd Pleaser Richard Corwin Sorry it's like this Mark Cunliffe in the gangster café Alone Richard Corwin on the battlefield The Playing Field Gemma Roxy Williams is death The Collector Richard Corwin wonders if he should call in sick Nobody's Child Joseph Grant with a moral tale of abuse Traitor Mark Cunliffe Parmesan Elephants Mark Culiffe - a love story in four parts Sleep Jo Green - a memory from Malaysia A Deadly Monday Richard Corwin Humiliation has it's own reward The Journey Mark Cunliffe on growing up in Manchester Sexual Block: Guy Block gets some therapy Mark Cunliffe

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