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Rated: 13+ · Book · Drama · #1387652
A selection of short stories based around ELO's 1977 release
I have the happy good fortune to resemble the 70s version of Jeff Lynne, at least with regard to hair and appropriate grooming.

When I first met my partner we engaged in one of the most out-of-date arguments in which I've ever been involved: who was better, 10cc or ELO? Hailing from Manchester, England, I was very firmly on the side of 10cc, but... ELO are an insidious band and it wasn't long before they burrowed into the music of my soul. At first it was humming, which turned to whistling and, invariably, singing when tipsy with more vigor than the National Anthem. I still feel like "Cheaters" are going to get Kevin Godley to chase me down the street, hurling betrayed obscenities at me. None the less, the soundtrack to my life from that point on has revolved around this LP. Once a Cheat, always a Cheat? Very possibly. I've recently found myself humming to The Killers *Rolleyes*

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"Invalid Entry"  - Years of being on the road takes it's toll

"Invalid Entry"  - Illuminating fundemental differences in nature

"Invalid Entry"  - Manners maketh the man, but toothy smiles make a tigress

"Invalid Entry"  - Catherine waits to be reunited

"Invalid Entry"  - The Dating Game

"Invalid Entry"  - Starlight, summer and love by the Lake

"Invalid Entry"  - Noah's wife is not a happy woman

"Invalid Entry"  - Fandom can lead to many a misunderstanding

"Invalid Entry"  - From Barnsley to Blackpool, with some courting in between

"Invalid Entry"  - Raining cats and dogs in Yorkshire

"Invalid Entry"  - Such a tiny butterfly of a fib... could it really cause a storm?

"Invalid Entry"  - Finding a goddess where once stood a girl

"Invalid Entry"  - A little girl spends her first summer without her friend

"Invalid Entry"  - In the City of the Dead ruled by Hades

"Invalid Entry"  - In Poker you're only as good as your last hand

"Invalid Entry"  - Sometimes you're born to travel; sometimes you're compelled

"Invalid Entry"  - Reality can be pretty far off the mark, sometimes

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