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The New Revolutionary Dating App

Swiperight Longpress is probably now the richest and most famous internet entrepreneur in the world. He has a personal fortune estimated as of the entire earth economy. The mobile app he created that shot him to such wealth and fame is now the most popular on the planet, eclipsing Farcebook, Instadinnerpic, WhatTheHellsThat, Twattish, Snapprat…

The Mists of the Forgotten Seas

Far across the Forgotten Seas, there lies a country lost in the mists of distance. Few travellers ever arrived there, and fewer returned to tell their tales. So many sailors’ wives stood for far too long staring out at the horizon, waiting for menfolk who never returned. Those few that did return never lost that…

Alone in the Summer

Summers hold so many secrets, hidden in the deep shadows under the trees and in the verdant undergrowth that grows and spreads to cover the bare ground left by the cruel cold of winter. Helda knew there were places to go where food lay hidden. She knew which of the berries, which of the mushrooms,…

Military History and the Tea Break

Back in those premodern days, of course, it was very difficult to get a decent mobile phone signal. This meant that many battles in the medieval era were fought without either opposing army having easy access to a takeaway delivery service. Often the battling armies were both hungry and possibly even thirsty. Consequently, the army…

Free Kindle Humour Novella: The Woman with the Golden Sex Spatula

My Kindle humour novella The Woman with the Golden Sex Spatula is FREE for the next five days from today. Universal link: Click Here to download now. The Woman with the Golden Sex Spatula [A novella – 33 000 words] Someone has stolen the most valuable erotic artefact in the British National Museum of Perversion:…

Far Too Many Times

Too many times. Life is like that, though. Peng didn’t know much, but he knew that. The good things were as rare as… well, as rare as a smile from his wife, Glunda. Meanwhile, the bad things fell over themselves on their way to make Peng’s life worse for him. Too many things. Too many…

Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah

Do you remember when we used to sing sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah? No? Oh, it’s just me then. Actually, now that I come to think about it, it was just me who sang sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah.…

Hanging Around

There are times when things are not quite as… well, usual as usual. Henna knew as soon as she awoke that something was wrong. It was not just that the grass was blue and the sky was green. An apprentice wise woman tends to get used to the idea that certain substances, certain fumes from…

The Pandatoe Conundrum

Jumpstart Pandatoe first noticed the phenomenon that has come to bear her name at quite a young age. Back then, she used to pay attention to the news programmes whenever they came on TV, which was unusual in a youngster, as people only really start paying attention to the news when they are too old…

The Other Sort Of Magic

It was not that easy, not at the time. Suzi was watching, trying to see just what it was I was doing. But the closer she got, the more intently she watched, the more distracted I became. I thought about asking her to put some clothes on, but then decided I’d much rather be distracted…