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Bardsey Island
Author: Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I set a fictional semi-monastic retreat in this place, where my character Ambrose lived and cared for Angharad, Elaine's mother-in-law in 'Sisters'. I the ...
Steph C - 2021/08/18 - 3:01pm - 14 comments
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Broken Wings 100
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 100 So once more our Christmas arrived, and we ended up at The Usual Suspect’s, where I spent the first half of the evening watching Frank and Marlene dance around each other. It had ...
Steph C - 2021/06/30 - 5:55am - 3 comments
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Broken Wings 101
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 101 Two days later, I got the call from Rosie, and of course it came while I was up to my eyeballs. Nita had rung, and for the first time in ages it hadn’t been a social call but a n ...
Steph C - 2021/07/03 - 10:54am - 5 comments
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Broken Wings 102
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 102 As the weeks dragged by in their usual seasonal misery, I found my worry about Diane’s resilience increasing steadily. She called me at home one evening, suggesting a meal out, a ...
Steph C - 2021/07/06 - 10:31am - 2 comments
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Broken Wings 103
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 103 I found my sleep a little broken for a few days, as more news reports came in and people were charged. The most disturbing part wasn’t the parade of blank expressions on the face ...
Steph C - 2021/07/11 - 8:47am - 4 comments
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Broken Wings 104
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 104 I spent the next few days in a mess of indecision. I was going to be married, it seemed, and I had no real idea of how that had happened beyond finding myself caught up in the ne ...
Steph C - 2021/07/13 - 6:39pm - 1 comment
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Broken Wings 105
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 105 Charlie was almost insufferably smug for ages after her return, but I noticed how much she dialled down the gloating when any of the more vulnerable girls were around. Faye, in p ...
Steph C - 2021/07/15 - 9:55am - 6 comments
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Broken Wings 106
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 106 We pulled off the motorway at last, the minibus feeling heavy as I started to handle bends rather than sweeping curves, turning right at a roundabout and then past the airport. T ...
Steph C - 2021/07/19 - 8:47am - 7 comments
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Broken Wings 107
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) This is the very last bit of 'broken Wings' which I am posting as an epilogue. I already had this one in mind, but a Dear Reader's personal message helped clarify the structur ...
Steph C - 2021/07/27 - 10:05am - 11 comments
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Broken Wings 39
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 39 I didn’t have a clue how to deal with the situation. Not a single one; I wasn’t exactly the world’s expert on relationships, with my history. Before I could pull together some stu ...
Steph C - 2021/01/07 - 2:36pm - 6 comments
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Broken Wings 40
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 40 That party went exactly as I had expected, with no issues beyond a prospect having to smile a but less than nicely as a guest from another club spent a bit too much time investiga ...
Steph C - 2021/01/10 - 8:35am - 6 comments
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Broken Wings 41
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 41 Cathy turned out to have been absolutely right about the break doing wonders for their exam chances, or else the two girls were ferociously bright. I had guessed that about Cathy ...
Steph C - 2021/01/12 - 1:07pm - 4 comments
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Broken Wings 42
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 42 I will freely admit that I was terrified. The girls had not been living as themselves for that long, and so far it had been in a protective bubble. Their sixth form studies had be ...
Steph C - 2021/01/16 - 2:48pm - 7 comments
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Broken Wings 43
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 43 As Alicia disappeared, I turned back to Kim. “Spill them, then. All those beans I can hear rattling around. Late?” She turned back to the stove, trying to appear intent on her coo ...
Steph C - 2021/01/18 - 7:53pm - 6 comments
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Broken Wings 44
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 44 The weather was once more closing in, along with the calendar. I was getting old, I realised, and everything was telescoping. Time was shortening, each month flying past, but the ...
Steph C - 2021/01/23 - 10:38am - 7 comments
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Broken Wings 45
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 45 I looked across to Kim, whose face was twisting a little, and I absolutely no need to ask her the reason. Abruptly, she stood up and left the room, heading for either the kitchen ...
Steph C - 2021/01/25 - 2:45pm - 9 comments
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Broken Wings 46
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 46 I could see some of Alicia’s face in him, but he was much taller, his hair a shade lighter, what was left of it. He paused immediately in front of me for a few seconds as he scann ...
Steph C - 2021/01/31 - 11:14am - 11 comments
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Broken Wings 47
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 47 I waited until his car was out of sight, before approaching Alicia and Heidi, who was on her phone. “Yes… yes… Thanks. Hang on a second” She raised her eyes to mine. “Paul is foll ...
Steph C - 2021/02/06 - 10:27am - 6 comments
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Broken Wings 48
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 48 Three days after that, on a rest day from work, there was a hammering at the back door. When I looked through the spyhole, Sparky was standing outside in the light rain that had m ...
Steph C - 2021/02/13 - 10:40am - 4 comments
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Broken Wings 49
Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 49 I understood her sudden stop, so I left it there. As long as she could make it, I would be more than satisfied. I started the usual process of checking for any new gear we would n ...
Steph C - 2021/02/16 - 9:40am - 4 comments