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Road Undermined by Badgers, and Other Short Stories

Short Stories for Grown-ups, #6

by Jonathan Day ...

Series Book 6 - Short Stories for Grown-ups
Ecology can have unlikely helpers, from the soldier committing the ultimate sabotage, to phantoms from the future foiled in their attempts to save the human race. And corrupt councillors beware the lady with too many cuckoo clocks, the company offering replacement bodies, mirrors reflecting the truth… and always remember that badgers are people, too. ... Read more

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Ecology can have unlikely helpers, from the soldier committing the ultimate sabotage, to phantoms from the future foiled in their attempts to save the human race. And corrupt councillors beware the lady with too many cuckoo clocks, the company offering replacement bodies, mirrors reflecting the truth… and always remember that badgers are people, too.
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Magin

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The mysterious Magin is sinister, dangerous, astute, and hunting aliens.Thumper is young, has amazing skills with ceramics, pet porcupines, and is hiding an alien. ... Read more

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The mysterious Magin is sinister, dangerous, astute, and hunting aliens.Thumper is young, has amazing skills with ceramics, pet porcupines, and is hiding an alien.
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Short Stories, Crimes, Cults and Curious Cats

Short Stories for Grown-ups, #3

by Jonathan Day ...

Series Book 3 - Short Stories for Grown-ups
Review by Waverley:Worth the money for the cover alone (a stunning combination of colours enhancing an intricate design), but there's more on offer than just a nice cover. The alliterative title gives the clue to the content, although I had the sense that the curious cats were slightly tacked on as an afterthought to the crimes and the cults. Jonathan Day writes sharply and amusingly, with a nice ... Read more

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Review by Waverley:Worth the money for the cover alone (a stunning combination of colours enhancing an intricate design), but there's more on offer than just a nice cover. The alliterative title gives the clue to the content, although I had the sense that the curious cats were slightly tacked on as an afterthought to the crimes and the cults. Jonathan Day writes sharply and amusingly, with a nice
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Tell the Octopus, and Other Short Stories

Short Stories for Grown-ups, #5

by Jonathan Day ...

Series Book 5 - Short Stories for Grown-ups
People aspire to make the world a better place in many ways.Some decorate any ugly space that offends the eye,another might take up justice's flaming sword and sally forth to tilt at windmills.All good intentions come at a cost.Some are rewarded, others demand the ultimate price. ... Read more

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People aspire to make the world a better place in many ways.Some decorate any ugly space that offends the eye,another might take up justice's flaming sword and sally forth to tilt at windmills.All good intentions come at a cost.Some are rewarded, others demand the ultimate price.
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Short Stories, Found Online

Short Stories for Grown-ups, #4

by Jonathan Day ...

Series Book 4 - Short Stories for Grown-ups
Aspirations and desires that were once out of reach are nowavailable with a brief word search.Feeling the weight of the world? Float above it in a Body Balloon.Need an angel to rescue you from the purgatory of an offspring?The dog with the smiley face will show you how.Or just want to crochet a different dimension?Click "pay now" and change your life. ... Read more

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Aspirations and desires that were once out of reach are nowavailable with a brief word search.Feeling the weight of the world? Float above it in a Body Balloon.Need an angel to rescue you from the purgatory of an offspring?The dog with the smiley face will show you how.Or just want to crochet a different dimension?Click "pay now" and change your life.
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Crimes, Cults and Curious Cats

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Beware tin cats offering invitations, psychopathic chemists with a turret full of collectable porcelain, priests pursuing satanic cults, and evil entities living in windmills.Better to listen to the green spirit peering over your shoulder, the ghost of a young man with no heart, and Victorian palaeontologist who has unearthed the face of God.All these stories are free to read at www.booksfromdodo ... Read more

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Beware tin cats offering invitations, psychopathic chemists with a turret full of collectable porcelain, priests pursuing satanic cults, and evil entities living in windmills.Better to listen to the green spirit peering over your shoulder, the ghost of a young man with no heart, and Victorian palaeontologist who has unearthed the face of God.All these stories are free to read at www.booksfromdodo
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Robert Frank's 'The Americans'

The Art of Documentary Photography

by Jonathan Day ...

In the mid-1950s, Swiss-born New Yorker Robert Frank embarked on a ten-thousand-mile road trip across America, capturing thousands of photographs of all levels of a rapidly changing society. The resultant photo book, The Americans, represents a seminal moment in both photography and in America's understanding of itself. To mark the book’s fiftieth anniversary, Jonathan Day revisits this pivotal ... Read more

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In the mid-1950s, Swiss-born New Yorker Robert Frank embarked on a ten-thousand-mile road trip across America, capturing thousands of photographs of all levels of a rapidly changing society. The resultant photo book, The Americans, represents a seminal moment in both photography and in America's understanding of itself. To mark the book’s fiftieth anniversary, Jonathan Day revisits this pivotal
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Tell the Octopus, and other Short Stories

by Jonathan Day ...

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2 hours 14 min

People aspire to make the world a better place in many ways. Some decorate any ugly space that offends the eye, another might take up justice's flaming sword and sally forth to tilt at windmills.All good intentions come at a cost. Some are rewarded, others demand the ultimate price.All these stories are free to read at www.booksfromdodo.uk ... Read more

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People aspire to make the world a better place in many ways. Some decorate any ugly space that offends the eye, another might take up justice's flaming sword and sally forth to tilt at windmills.All good intentions come at a cost. Some are rewarded, others demand the ultimate price.All these stories are free to read at www.booksfromdodo.uk
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The Water Bus

A Short Story

by Agatha Christie ...

With Star Over Bethlehem, the beloved Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie shines in a totally unexpected way, offering readers a wondrous collection of poems and holiday short stories.A retelling of the Christmas Story in a way you’ve never heard it before. . . . The fable of a donkey who carries a mother and child safely to Egypt. . . . The tale of a widow who dislikes people until she meets a ... Read more

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With Star Over Bethlehem, the beloved Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie shines in a totally unexpected way, offering readers a wondrous collection of poems and holiday short stories.A retelling of the Christmas Story in a way you’ve never heard it before. . . . The fable of a donkey who carries a mother and child safely to Egypt. . . . The tale of a widow who dislikes people until she meets a
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Junior Science

by Mick Jackson ...

Published to tie in with Mick Jackson's appointment as the first writer-in-residence at the Science Museum, Junior Science comprises three stories - 'Zero Gravity', 'The Answering Machine', and 'Back to School'. Commissioned by BBC Radio 4, they were originally broadcast in November 2011.Full of wonder, pathos and mystery, the stories are marked by Jackson's unique sensibility, as they explore the ... Read more

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Published to tie in with Mick Jackson's appointment as the first writer-in-residence at the Science Museum, Junior Science comprises three stories - 'Zero Gravity', 'The Answering Machine', and 'Back to School'. Commissioned by BBC Radio 4, they were originally broadcast in November 2011.Full of wonder, pathos and mystery, the stories are marked by Jackson's unique sensibility, as they explore the
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Graveyard Murders

by Jim Green ...

Series series Miss Tayke Investigates
A schoolgirl takes a shortcut through the church graveyard on her way home and is startled by the sudden appearance of an old man in black carrying a walking stick. The following evening the vicar sees the same old man standing beside a tombstone which this time has a dead body spread-eagled across it. The verger has a similar experience the next night but the mayhem does not end there. Five more ... Read more

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A schoolgirl takes a shortcut through the church graveyard on her way home and is startled by the sudden appearance of an old man in black carrying a walking stick. The following evening the vicar sees the same old man standing beside a tombstone which this time has a dead body spread-eagled across it. The verger has a similar experience the next night but the mayhem does not end there. Five more
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The English (NHS) Patient

by Steve O'Brien ...

A semi biographical account of a minor operation, along with the accompanying incompetence and exasperation that seem to skip along hand in hand whenever the National Health Service is involved. ... Read more

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A semi biographical account of a minor operation, along with the accompanying incompetence and exasperation that seem to skip along hand in hand whenever the National Health Service is involved.
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