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  • The Blended Cures – Short Story

    The Blended Cures – Short Story

    This is an illustrated story that comes with a set of cards, depicting the green medicine bottles with the letters of the alphabet. Mrs Bloomfield was a crusty old hypochondriac. She loved being ill and if she did not have a real illness, she invented one to get attention. “Help! Help!” Mrs Bloomfield called from

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  • Prediction: Spotify Superseded in 5 Years!

    OK, maybe not by us old fogies who know which side our CD is burned on, but my prediction is that the next generation will be editing MIXES of viral tunes created by real musicians instead of listening on streaming platforms. The joy of AI music, for people who are not musicians, is the ability

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  • The Salamander’s Furnace – Short Story

    This short story was written as part of a series of “Neurodivergent Primers”. It’s aimed at lower high school, I guess. It’s just over 3000 words. Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?Look! I see four men walking around in the fire,unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like

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  • The Big Tantrum

    …And the creative streak has returned!!! After a hiatus while my personal life has been shouted a complimentary ride on The World’s Second Largest Roller Coaster (TM), I’m back!! Check out the link for a completed book called The Big Tantrum, in a set of neurodivergent primers that I wrote over the weekend as a

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  • Surfer character?

    Surfer character?

    He was tall, tanned, shirtless, with long blonde dreadlocks. “For sure,” I overheard him say to his companion. Sure.  Shore. For sure. Foreshore. When I talked with him, I discovered his name was Sunny. Would you believe it? Made me think: Wouldn’t it be cool to have a surfing beach character that constantly uses beach-flavoured

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  • I ran into ‘Old Paisley’!!!

    I ran into ‘Old Paisley’!!!

    I ran into my Grade Four teacher a couple of days ago at a conference. Turns out he has moved from Melbourne to NSW. “Thanks for making yourself known to me,” he said at the end. When I was ten, it seemed this guy was ancient. He was larger than life and we were a

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