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The Room

It’s a bland room, with walls in an indefinable hue of palest mauve, or perhaps it’s taupe. I was never very good at colours. Either way it fades into the distance, one of those shades that seems to draw back the more you stare at it. They probably paid some psychologist to tell them what colour to use, something restful they would have said; we want something calming and soothing….

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Trapped (The Vampire Series 4)

WARNINGS: slight sexual innuendos, some violence 16:30 The drive to the docks took longer than expected. Traffic was heavy as they went through town to arrive at the correct area. The SHADO mobile unit was equipped to go overland and was slow by comparison on the road. Davidson, one of Ford’s people, greeted Straker as he joined the mobile crew. “We’re still not triangulated. Ferrales is working on it. Ford’s…

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Garbage

Tags: atheism, religious references   Garbage. That was all that was left now. We’d picked over the scraps, sent anything of any useable size back to HQ for analysis, cleared the site, written the interim reports. But there had been very little to retrieve. Disintegrating alien craft tend to be fairly destructive and this was not just one exploding UFO. There were several of them. It was a miracle that…

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Bon Appétit

Dear Readers, the recent Easter holidays reminded me of one of the joys of living and travelling abroad: meeting with the various eating habits, cooking the recipes enjoyed by the people where one lives and becoming open-minded enough to learn something new and relish it. So, this time I want to share some recipes with you, which I have come to enjoy quite a lot. Yes, they work! Have fun…

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Gabrielle Drake Part 1

By: James Killian (author) I have been a fan of Gabrielle Drake since I first saw her in UFO in 1972 when I was recovering from problems with my Diabetes. To be honest, I had a bit of a schoolboy crush on her and I was old enough to start college. Such is the effect of the woman who is without a doubt one of the most beautiful in the…

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Lured (The Vampire Series 3)

23:56 pm Ford poked his head into Straker’s office looking worried. Not all that unusual. “Yes?” Ed responded quickly. “Security, sir. Col. Freeman left the premises over an hour ago. His car’s in the lot still, along with his gun sitting on the bonnet.” Galvanized Ed was on the phone to security for a full report. Within minutes he was at the scene and was as baffled as his security…

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The Shepherd – Lamb to the Slaughter (Chapters 10 & 11)

Warning/Tags: Major Character Death, Death Chapter 10 Mason closed his eyes, but whatever he did, the images were still there, the sounds echoing in his mind despite everything he did. Tired beyond belief he struggled to find some rest, some comfortable position, his pillow hot and lumpy, the duvet too weighty. His head ached with weariness but his restless mind was in mayhem, the memories of his deeds still taunting…

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Watched (The Vampire Series 2)

For several days, Alec Freeman had felt eyes on him; someone watching him until he could have jumped out of his skin at being addressed by a friend. The feeling preyed on his usually steel nerves. Even his boss, Ed Straker, had noticed there was something amiss. “Alec, you’re jumpy.” Ed eyed him curiously. He let out a brief laugh, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. “Yeah. I’ve felt…

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