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		<title>What remained</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The angel was frozen in a timeless pirouette, and we stared amazed as she shimmered in the golden torchlight. She was a fairy, a dancer, a story come to life.]]></description>
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s dark inside</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2013 04:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What secrets does the world of insomnia conceal? A dark Shakespearean sonnet, written using the prompts “fading light” and “discovery.”]]></description>
		
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		<title>We, the victors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2013 03:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A reflection on war and the meaning of victory, in the form of a cinquain poem.]]></description>
		
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		<title>There is no try</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2013 01:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A simple reflection on the core concern of any artistic endeavour. Written as parable on writer's block, with the prompts “escalation,” “frustration” and “down but not out.”]]></description>
		
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		<title>Twilight Over Athens</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What if you were held captive to your reflection? The challenge was magic, with the prompts “indigenous” and “an amulet of love and mirrors.”]]></description>
		
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		<title>Campfire Clichés</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Short stories]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's easy to dismiss an urban legend when you can look it up online. But just because it's never happened before, doesn't mean it can't...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Cold Case</title>
		<link>https://www.inklings.co.nz/121/the-cold-case/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 20:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[They call me a cleaner. If you don't know what that means, you've probably had a pretty good life so far. My clients aren't so lucky.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cover Letters</title>
		<link>https://www.inklings.co.nz/115/cover-letters-mario-bowser/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's tough times in the Mushroom Kingdom. Unemployment is at an all-time high, and the only sector that's thriving is the Monarchy. What's a plumber to do?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Last Port of Call</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 01:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where there be piracy and all manner of deception afoot.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Unknown Quantity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Penny is expecting a delivery, but Sheldon happens. A dialogue/fanfic exercise using the characters and setting of the Big Bang Theory. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fragments</title>
		<link>https://www.inklings.co.nz/80/fragments/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 03:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When they finally come for you, what happens if you're, er, indisposed? ]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Hunt</title>
		<link>https://www.inklings.co.nz/76/the-hunt/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 03:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The fugitive is afoot! In fact, he's listening to the threats and curses of his hunters, as they chase him down.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Seeing Double</title>
		<link>https://www.inklings.co.nz/74/seeing-double/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 03:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A sonnet about perspective, and the infinity of choices present even in the most mundane of settings. Written using the same prompt/inspiration as The Hunt.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gardening</title>
		<link>https://www.inklings.co.nz/72/gardening/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 03:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you believe in ghosts? Neither did I, not then. I can't talk now, she's coming again. Here, read this, it explains everything.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Shutter Blinks Twice</title>
		<link>https://www.inklings.co.nz/61/the-shutter-blinks-twice/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A noir story, as experienced from the other side of the desk. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gone</title>
		<link>https://www.inklings.co.nz/55/wordplay-2-gone/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A free-verse poem about memory and loss. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Lowest Bar</title>
		<link>https://www.inklings.co.nz/12/wordplay-post-1/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 12:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A guy walks into a bar. It's not a joke, not this time; just a short story using that starting point.]]></description>
		
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