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Paradoxical
    My main portfolio contains 17 items.
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[Tales From the Sidelines ]    (E)    # 1599665:
        Some Prose.
[Random Rambles]    (E)    # 1598138:
        A couple of poems
It's not how high    (ASR)    # 1808366:
        Or how low....
The Mission    (ASR)    # 1805478:
        Short tale of an attempt to manipulate a planetary consciouness.
My Country    (ASR)    # 1804182:
        There's something funny about it, somehow.
Issues    (------)    # 1803861:
        A poem about something I see.
Happiness    (ASR)    # 1803637:
        Life's all about it. Well, that and a decent power source!
The Endgame    (ASR)    # 1803625:
        Step off, cos this headache is killing me.
The Only Pattern    (ASR)    # 1803621:
        There is only one, and it looks beautiful to me.
Game Tame    (18+)    # 1803617:
        How we do think
Just Fishing    (ASR)    # 1803597:
        Sometimes it's better to look inside than out.
Touche Pas    (18+)    # 1802781:
        Look, but don't touch. You break it, you bought it. And the like.
Image    (18+)    # 1802665:
        Let's deal with this.
All winners    (ASR)    # 1802649:
        It starts hard, and gets easier. It depends how early you start listening.
Evil is a Concept    (ASR)    # 1802626:
        Not a man, or a woman
Don't move    (ASR)    # 1802053:
        Something I often forget is the purpose of life
Point/Counterpoint    (ASR)    # 1792069:
        A discussion

#1598134:   Dark    (E)     [Top]
Feeling a little bit too happy? This'll sort you out.    (6 items)

Party At The Centre of The Earth    (13+)    # 1646172:
        Sometimes, you can delve a little too deep.
Afterparty    (18+)    # 1623234:
        Winning Entry for The Nightmare Contest
Killing for Karma    (18+)    # 1598897:
        Novel logic in the field of premeditated murder.
Life's Blood    (13+)    # 1598603:
        The trials and tribulations of an overly generous bat.
The Bar    (13+)    # 1590569:
        Twisted fiction. A chance meeting with a very troubled individual.
The Awakening    (ASR)    # 1590565:
        Dark tale about a disillusioned family man.

#1598136:   Confused    (E)     [Top]
Even I'm not sure where these ones fit.    (9 items)

Life on a Loop    (ASR)    # 1802514:
        Suicide is brainless.
That Old Fight    (13+)    # 1798130:
        Random fantasy, clouds, a mermaid, one nameless bloke, and a shouting match.
Nothing Lasts Forever    (18+)    # 1778017:
        What happens when you keep losing your hero? You just keep making new ones!
Sassenach    (18+)    # 1643921:
        Can two wrongs shine a light?
Incarceration    (13+)    # 1623278:
        A man looks for answers in the confusion. More parts to come.
Method in his Madness    (18+)    # 1595092:
        A madman comes up with his own version of the 10. Except he only gets to 7.
Group Therapy    (13+)    # 1594789:
        A dialog heavy short story about control and insanity.
Eau De Vie    (E)    # 1591059:
        A short story about existence, eternal life, happiness and a little bit of elf.
Free The Crisps    (18+)    # 1590646:
        How to impress your friends and alienate yourself.

#1598137:   Light    (E)     [Top]
What's the use of worrying?    (10 items)

Spare Change    (ASR)    # 1801432:
        Sometimes we find the best things in the strangest places.
A Quick Pint    (ASR)    # 1791171:
        That's what they always say....
Race day    (E)    # 1786433:
        Baton down the hatches.
Split Ending    (E)    # 1785775:
        Time on a loop.
Good Morning    (E)    # 1785418:
        A couple wake up happy.
Dropoff    (E)    # 1781127:
        Not quite a story, more one of those "moment in time" things I am oddly drawn to.
The Shrink    (ASR)    # 1685222:
        Just a conversation really. Wordy, psuedo-intellectual. Probably not for everyone.
The Dreamer    (E)    # 1613315:
        An enquiring mind should be treated with care.
The Crunch Point    (18+)    # 1597919:
        A man tries to overcome a long-standing barrier
That Beautiful Leap    (ASR)    # 1596842:
        I might catch you out with this one.....

#1598138:   Random Rambles    (E)     [Top]
A couple of poems    (7 items)

Fear    (E)    # 1784378:
        Only so much you can take before you realise it needs a little telling.
[I Didn't Mean To Hurt You]    (E)    # 1781403:
        Some happy ones. Bear in mind this is coming from me, and everything is relative.
[Societal Soliloquies]    (E)    # 1781396:
        Mostly a bit ranty. Sorry about that.
[Science/Religion]    (E)    # 1781077:
        Musing on the above. What was I thinking putting them in the same folder?
[Fractal Distortion]    (ASR)    # 1780834:
        Poetry, handled by an idiot.
[Oi! You are not a poem!]    (E)    # 1779196:
        Uvva fings wot eye has writed.
[Ventilation]    (ASR)    # 1779000:
        Where I put things that should have a cage.

#1599665:   Tales From the Sidelines     (E)     [Top]
Some Prose.     (3 items)

[Light]    (E)    # 1598137:
        What's the use of worrying?
[Confused]    (E)    # 1598136:
        Even I'm not sure where these ones fit.
[Dark]    (E)    # 1598134:
        Feeling a little bit too happy? This'll sort you out.

#1779000:   Ventilation    (ASR)     [Top]
Where I put things that should have a cage.    (1 item)

A Bitter Old Man    (E)    # 1616249:
        A wee bit of venting I knocked out after a less than inspiring conversation.

#1779196:   Oi! You are not a poem!    (E)     [Top]
Uvva fings wot eye has writed.    (6 items)

Observation Through Alliteration    (ASR)    # 1599690:
        Vital for valuable, varied vision and vocabulary.
This Is Just To Say...    (ASR)    # 1788765:
        Ripping off dead guys since 1983.
Give it a little thought    (ASR)    # 1782233:
        Acrostic parable. Can you guess what it its yet?
Buckie Fizz    (13+)    # 1781424:
        Acrostic on the my other national drink.
Jellyfish    (ASR)    # 1781422:
        Acrostic on the bizarre invertebrate. It even rhymes, kind of.
Life in Acrostics    (13+)    # 1775497:
        A wee collection of acrostics about life in general. They don't rhyme.

#1780834:   Fractal Distortion    (ASR)     [Top]
Poetry, handled by an idiot.    (12 items)

Who's There?    (13+)    # 1604116:
        Contest Entry for One Shots.....an ode to the horror and hilarity of everyday life.
What Is Alive?    (E)    # 1602202:
        Ever feel like the world is a fantasy? Ah well, must just be me then....
I feel    (ASR)    # 1807409:
        I feel a weight on me toninght.
Game Brain    (ASR)    # 1803595:
        How we should think.
Globe-trotting    (ASR)    # 1800988:
        Quick stagger through global insanity.
Domination    (18+)    # 1800413:
        Winning is for losers.
#24    (E)    # 1782173:
        Numbers are the source of many strange obsessions.
The Window    (ASR)    # 1781379:
        The view out of my window, followed by some seagull antics.
Invading Scotland    (ASR)    # 1777232:
        Some lessons come full circle.
The Devil's Plaything    (ASR)    # 1777065:
        Maybe we should have just kept tying the damn thing down.
A truth    (E)    # 1773351:
        A poem, my usual rhyming couplets, on history.
If.....    (E)    # 1708576:
        If I was any good at poetry, this might have been a good idea.

#1781403:   I Didn't Mean To Hurt You    (E)     [Top]
Some happy ones. Bear in mind this is coming from me, and everything is relative.    (12 items)

Faith In One's Self    (E)    # 1614413:
        A little poem about the possibility of faith without belief
When I See You    (E)    # 1808375:
        For a girl I know, admire from afar, I guess.
Maps    (E)    # 1792243:
        Sometimes they're good, sometimes not.
Don't look over the fence    (E)    # 1791486:
        Or do. Rules were meant to be broken, after all.
Kids    (E)    # 1786198:
        A miracle we take for granted
Simple things    (E)    # 1786194:
        That's what we all want, really.
Life is a dream?    (E)    # 1786171:
        How would you tell otherwise?
Logic and love    (E)    # 1785429:
        It's a tricky marriage, but it is worth it.
All About The Plan    (E)    # 1782183:
        Nil carborundum illegitimi.
Forever in Flux    (E)    # 1778381:
        Nothing stays the same.
Oooooops    (E)    # 1777151:
        Too good a mood today, it just keeps bursting out
Now you're laughing!    (13+)    # 1775949:
        But will I ever be able to stop? And, do I really want to?

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