Maleghast's published ficlets
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In the Eye of the Beholder
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Another Day...
George rested the mop against his brow and fought back his gag reflex. It was, and always had been, his worst fear that one d…
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Wanted, One Muse...
Ferdie wondered if he was ever going to look at anything more than a blank screen. It was three weeks since he had written an…
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High Street Satori
I wanted to buy Sara a present; that was made me understand what had really changed. It was a week before our fourth annivers…
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An Englishman in DC
Frank sat back and stared up at the fireworks exploding over the Potomac, the strains of patriotic music on the edge of what …
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Morning Drudgery
Layla sat looking at her phone, willing it to ring. The problem with not having an excuse to ring someone when all that you w…
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Satisfaction
John was pleased with the way that things had gone. As he cleaned off his Peacemaker, which had been spattered with blood and…
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Pieces of a Puzzle
Paul stared down at the scene from the catwalk above, trying to walk through the sequence of events in his mind, based on the…
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Self Approbation
Paul looked around the carriage and wondered how many of the other people on the train were unemployed. It was not as though …
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Strange Situations
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In the Dark Hours of Night
The night is calmer now. When I decided to leave the party and head for bed the weather had become violent, as if the element…
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Ready
Geoff stood in the doorway looking out at the rows of seats, the flowers and the carpeted aisle. In a couple of hours he woul…
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Infiltrator
Fenella sat on the grass bank and watched the crowds milling around her, plates of scones, strawberries and cream and glasses…
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New Job
Cal surveyed the scene, his hand resting gently on the edge of the bar. There was no doubt that the people in there were wait…
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Friends Like These...
Thomas leaned back into the sofa and raised the goblet to his lips. The warm, slightly viscous cognac slipped across his lips…
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Take my Breath Away
Joe leant back against the hedge and stared up into the sky, his eyes fixed on the crisscrossing vapour trails from the many …
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Realisation of Dreams as Potential
Ewan leaned back against the steps and stared up at the clouds as they whipped by at an unusually high speed. Not the stately…
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Sleepless...
I have not been sleeping, and Sara has been asking me why. I lie awake at night, just looking at her trying to work out how s…
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Dreaming of a Different Future
Tanya felt herself make a sudden and involuntary intake of breath, as the zepplin appeared out of the fog. It was almost sile…
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Careless
Eva pulled her hand back, shocked by the heat. She had not expected the stove to be on and so had simply reached out for the …
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