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Job lots
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Chapter 38 now amended as necessary. ...
Steph C - 2018/02/28 - 8:00am
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Jobbing writer
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Well, time for a decision. I was asked, quite sensibly, if that was the last chapter of The Job. It is an obvious place to end, and a scene I loved writing, but Diane st ...
Steph C - 2018/04/15 - 12:05pm - 8 comments
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The Job on sale
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing The Job is now going through Amazon's machinery and will be available in the next couple of days, assuming all goes right. It can be found by searching on Amazon (u ...
Steph C - 2018/04/15 - 12:05pm - 5 comments
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Festival time
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Autobiographical Well, that is the Shrewsbury festival over for another year; source of so much of my inspiration. Some wonderful music, old friends popping out of the woodwork, and very sore fingertips on ...
Steph C - 2018/09/10 - 7:11pm - 4 comments
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What I did on my holidays
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Autobiographical Spot the related musical reference. What was headlining at Shrewsbury in August. Pure class. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8sWPjYe1tw ...
Steph C - 2018/10/29 - 10:14am - 3 comments
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Dancing to a New Beat
Author: Cyclist Organizational: Title Page Audience Rating: Mature Subjects (pg15) Dancing to a New Beat By Cyclist ...
Steph C - 2018/03/28 - 6:29pm
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The Job 9
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 9 I saw Adam quite regularly after that meeting. Not in a ‘seeing him’ sense, not over pasta with a cheeky little red or anything like that, just in passing. Once he had been pointed out t ...
Steph C - 2018/01/05 - 8:12am - 10 comments
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The Job 10
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 10 Adam was awake when I went back in the next day. “Hiya, girl. Hope you got chocolate there!” “You allowed, mate?” “Fuck ‘em if they can’t take a joke, is what I say” “Got a couple of ba ...
Steph C - 2018/01/09 - 2:05am - 7 comments
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The Job 11
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 11 Alun snorted at that, for he had one of those stupid cartoon picture ties on. “Um, Alun Benson. I’m with CID here in Cardiff” A skinny, butter-wouldn’t melt blonde. “Candice Warren, sor ...
Steph C - 2018/01/11 - 9:51am - 2 comments
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The Job 12
Cyclist CAUTION: Rape / Sexual Assault Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 12 I recognised a couple of the faces from news reports, articles in the local press and so on. Once more, Inspector Powell’s word of choice rose up: “local” ...
Steph C - 2018/01/15 - 10:16am - 6 comments
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The Job 13
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 13 I was lost in my own thoughts for the first part of the journey back, only returning to the world about me when Rhys nudged me at some lights. “You OK, Di? Bit quiet there” “Ah, mate, j ...
Steph C - 2018/01/17 - 6:45am - 4 comments
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The Job 14
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 14 We bit the bullet that evening, and the Inspector sent us all home after a wash-up followed by a lock-up. I got the impression she didn’t exactly trust all of her colleagues, at least n ...
Steph C - 2018/01/18 - 6:45pm - 6 comments
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The Job 15
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 15 I slept surprisingly well, despite a few sudden wakings as something unspecified but nasty crawled into the back of my mind. Mam, as usual, had a fuller-than-full breakfast waiting, and ...
Steph C - 2018/01/20 - 12:34pm - 5 comments
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The Job 16
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 16 That one hit hard, and I remembered some of the things Dai Gould had stressed. Always look beyond the immediate, beyond those shouting the loudest. That advice on our first aid courses: ...
Steph C - 2018/01/21 - 8:28am - 4 comments
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The Job 17
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 17 She was straight off home after the shift, wife to unchain, dragon to feed, as Alun cheekily suggested. We had sat at our little tables all bloody day without budging, it seemed, as Chr ...
Steph C - 2018/01/22 - 9:22am - 6 comments
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The Job 18
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 18 “Hello, Omar. I’m DC Owens. Diane, or Di, or whatever you feel comfy with. Blake being treating you well, or just boring you talking about sport?” The slim young man was a mess, dressin ...
Steph C - 2018/01/23 - 7:42am - 7 comments
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The Job 19
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 19 I collared Mam in the kitchen after the two men had gone out for the supplies. “What are you up to, Mam?” “He’s one of the good ones, love” “You’re trying to fix me up, aren’t you?” She ...
Steph C - 2018/01/26 - 6:39pm - 8 comments
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The Job 20
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 20 It turned into a busy pre-holiday session, just when most of us would normally have looked to start winding up our work ready for a few days of sloth. Rob in particular had us drilling ...
Steph C - 2018/01/28 - 6:26pm - 4 comments
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The Job 21
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 21 We made our way round the series of right turns Annie had advised, finally ducking down a back street behind the church we weren’t staying at, oh no, and in the dusk saw a small sea of ...
Steph C - 2018/01/29 - 4:09am - 6 comments
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The Job 22
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 22 It was drizzling the next morning, Christmas Day itself. The rain made a soft hiss on the fly sheet, sibilant underneath the semi-stifled giggles coming from the next ‘bedroom’ as three ...
Steph C - 2018/01/30 - 1:48am - 6 comments