Tag: children
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The Mystery of the Missing Puskat by Lavie Tidhar
Listen to this story on the podcast. When you’re the only detective around, no case is too small. Densley Takes On A Case He knows America well; there are cars in Detroit, and gangsters in Chicago. New York has the Mob, and Man Jew, and Broadway, and Hollywood is called La-la land and it is…
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Old Friends by Frank Byrns
Listen to this story on the podcast. There’s nothing quite like a friend dropping in unexpectedly. The boys looked a lot different since the last time I saw them. They should have; it’d been almost ten years. Reed was twelve now, sandy-haired, the first hint of his old man’s barrel chest beginning to show. Leo,…
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House Cleaning by Ian Creasey
It’s magical when kids help out around the house. There was a dead mouse in Mum’s bedroom. Simon gently pushed the door open and crept in. He smelled his mother’s perfume, almost overwhelmed by the odour of sweat and cigarettes and sour alcohol. A ray of morning sunlight shone through the curtains like a spotlight,…
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The Little Outlaw by Mike Miner
They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and it’s especially true in a storm. Today’s story is sponsored by Grammarly, a great online tool to grammar check your writing. Sign up for a free seven-day trial. Mary was supposed to be asleep. She was upstairs, in her room, in her bed, but…