A little Raymond #Chandler to light up your day: "Who said anything about Hollywood Boulevard?" I asked. "You did. Nobody but a guy from Hollywood Boulevard wouldn't talk back to a girl that insulted him civilly."
A man and a girl at a nearby table turned their heads and stared. The man gave me a short, sympathetic grin. "That goes for you, too," the girl said to him.
"You didn't insult me yet," he said.
"Nature beat me to it, handsome."
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Dream
Thunder crushed Aurora to the ground. Gasping for air, sweating, her chest palpitating, she woke with a jolt. It was dark in the bedroom as she caught her breath. A bus rolled past her flat, shaking the building, agitating her further.
Ideality chapter 1
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Gosh, this really is quite, uh, something.
"A passage from Irene Iddesleigh, by Amanda McKittrick Ros, arguably the worst novel ever written"
A passage from Irene Iddesleigh, by Amanda McKittrick Ros, arguably the worst novel ever written: ‘False woman! Wicked wife! Detested mother! Bereft widow! ‘How darest thou set foot on the premises your chastity should have protected and secured! What wind of transparent touch must have blown its blasts of boldest bravery around your poisoned person and guided you within miles of the mansion I proudly own? ‘What spirit but that of evil used its influence upon you to dare to bend your footsteps of foreign tread towards the door through which they once stole unknown? Ah, woman of sin and...
+10 points if you can guess who this quote is referring to 🧮
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Public Domain Stories
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To everyone celebrating, we wish you a you a happy and bright Diwali or Deepavali - especially to our dev team who are observing the holiday today!
If you're interested in learning more about Diwali and the full story behind light defeating darkness, we recommend checking out the guide below. It may have been developed for children, but it's a very good starting point...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjpp92p#zhffdnb
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"my pace is steadier my step surer
measured as circles move around me and define
this frayed self the center of at least one stubborn
cosmos"
#TodaysPoem #poetry @poetry
Nocturne by Wanda Coleman from Hand Dance (1993 Black Sparrow Press) https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2021/jun/07/poem-of-the-week-nocturne-by-wanda-coleman
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