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Uncanny relationships

Uncanny relationships

They hadn’t had a proper conversation since their farewell at college five years ago. Martha had pursued cookery and, as seen on…
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Unaffection

Unaffection

Nothing could hinder her way anymore. She’d been patient, she’d done her time. With destiny awaiting, she was now all ready to unleash her…
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Speaking truth

Speaking truth

A leader proclaims: mankind’s proclivity for fakery; its propensity for violence and prosthetics to happiness; the attempts to prolong…
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Suppose we juxtapose

Suppose we juxtapose

Vacancies with on-the-job training:
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Love, misinterpreted

Love, misinterpreted

Karen tore her eyes away from the new couple. It was time for her to go home. She couldn’t move, though — acceptance was too difficult…
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Even odds

Even odds

“I’m sorry, honey, this isn’t your game. Why don’t you play with your toys, instead?” Stroking his hair, Michael’s mother ushered him…
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Reality check

Reality check

“You should nurture me, not leave halfway.”
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Medical terms

Medical terms

“Well, the severity of chemotherapy varies from person to person. For some its a seven-course treatment, and for some, it’s just one. And…
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Zorba: The unlikeable, yet likeable

Zorba: The unlikeable, yet likeable

You don’t often come across a book that inspires, confuses, and offends you at the same time. Zorba the Greek did all of that and more to…
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Welcoming a New Year

Welcoming a New Year

“I’m allergic to negativity. It’s my New Year’s resolution.”
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Young and crazy

Young and crazy

Late night parties bored Daniel. Not because he couldn’t socialise but because such parties seldom ended well.
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Evolution

Evolution

The edges had waned with the years. Within, was her younger self laughing to a long-lost joke, her arm around his waist and his arm…
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The perfect guide

The perfect guide

Alisa was the cleverest in the family, and the brightest in class. If anyone could uphold his name, her father claimed, it’d be her. Of his…
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Dream on

Dream on

Corporates had lured Kamal since high school. Observing suited men and women stride into glass-decked buildings, he’d yearned to join them…
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Nonfiction

Nonfiction

Relates her story
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Beauty in yellow

Beauty in yellow

She cruised along the highway, a yellow streak shining through the chilly wintry mist. As I waited at the curb for a cab, she soared…
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Corporate lifestyle

Corporate lifestyle

“Varnished with fast food and short attention spans, corporate lifestyle massacres mindful living.”
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Keeping promises

Keeping promises

Caressing the wrinkled patina of her skin, I realised how fleeting life had become. The woman who once loved, nurtured, and nursed me even…
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The director

The director

“Why can’t you ever get my words right?”
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Show business

Show business

As an aspiring teenager in show business, Tina’s life had been difficult from the start. Her young blood had boiled every time money took…
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