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  1. Gary L
    Wait until you see his role in volume 2. Things get darker.
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    Method Acting

    Gary L commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in Method Acting

    At first it seemed surprising to read the phrase, but in the club/pub/college world it was what people did when I was younger. Perhaps we read too much into it?
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    I had got up early the next day and packed a few things into a backpack. As I put my present for my mother into a pocket, I realised that I still had to get my father something. Although like most people we celebrated “Los Reyes” on the 6th January as the day to exchange gifts, rather than Father Christmas or Santa Claus on the 25th, nevertheless, in our family we had always given a small present during dinner on Christmas Eve. As a child that meant I always had a game or toy to play with over t
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    Chapter 32

    Gary L commented on Mark Ponyboy Peters's story chapter in Chapter 32

    Such a good story, Mark. Well done on keeping the readers’ attention. gary
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    I spent the afternoon lazing around the apartment, pondering on what Gerardo had told me. I did not doubt his story; the sincerity in his eyes told me that he was telling the truth. I feared, however, that there was worse to come. As we parted, he told me that he was on duty all over the Christmas period, a ‘present’ from the dear coronel. However, on the 26th, a big feast day in Barcelona, he would be free and promised to ring me. It was frustrating to both of us that I couldn’t call him at th
  6. Gary L
    Totally agree. 👍
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    Have you seen Tom Daley the uk diver who took up knitting as a way to chill during competitions and is now doing well as a second career? Tomorrow our dearest friend with stage 4 pancreatic cancer is cooking lunch for a load of friends for the feast day of The Three Kings as they call it here, Epiphany elsewhere. She is truly my inspiration. gx meanwhile, I’m busy on volume 2 of my story about love in Franco’s Spain, it’s taking over my life!
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    The Cellar

    Gary L commented on Odie's story chapter in The Cellar

    For one of my first experiences in Oxford see this
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    The Cellar

    Gary L commented on Odie's story chapter in The Cellar

    I cn remember entering a v hip club in London many years ago and realizing that a designer-label tee didn’t cut any ice there! I left on my ownsome…. 😢
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    How true. And here in Europe almost total silence about recent events. You can tell I’m a history major, perhaps…..
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    The Cellar

    Gary L commented on Odie's story chapter in The Cellar

    Nice start, and welcome to GA as an author. gary
  12. Gary L
    Great comments. I love the sticker👏
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    For me, I woke up quite early after a troubled night. Dreaming that Goya had painted a portrait of me was a bit freaky, to say the least. Of course, waking up didn’t necessarily mean getting up, but today was going to be different, I thought. Whilst in the bathroom I could hear the phone ring. Gerardo? I dashed naked across the floor to the telephone, forgetting that I had opened the blinds, I didn’t care. I began to think of how we might spend the day. “Hi,” I said breathlessly, “Ximo here
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    Sadly, yes. Still popular in villages with young machos lads showing off. The big rings still have fans packed in during fiestas. Urge
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    Agreed. Here it’s the modern version of the Roman’s “ read and circuses”, ie read “ extra bull fights and open air discos”. In the midst of writing part 2 I’m obsessing about Ximo’s future career. 😱😱😱and he still has to pass his first term!
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    Very well deserved, Mark, in my humble but correct opinion 😜
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    Ximo is fairly common diminutive here in Valencia, hence Ximo Puig, the politician. Did you mean him? I think he’s a good guy but I didn’t have him in mind.
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    As I woke up and slowly realised what day it was, I started to groan. Hell. Double Hell, or worse. Although I wasn’t due to return to Pedralbes until the 24th, I remembered the promise that had been dragged out of me some weeks ago. My mother had indicated that her displeasure at hardly seeing me all term could be somewhat assuaged by my presence at my parents’ Christmas drinks do. I suppose that my subconscious had been hoping that the event would be cancelled in the light of Thursday’s tragedy
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    I’ve just seen that I am number three on a list here…… but only because three people wrote on arcane punk genre, and I had it thrust upon me by @Valkyrie and @Aditus in the prompt challenge! Can’t see myself getting on a popular genre list anytime soon, though. congrats on the rating, may you have a v successful 2026, and please do share those ‘silly’ stories g
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    Yes, there are spies and some will be revealed in the not too distant future. The next chp is in the moderation queue and expect to find out a lot more about Gerardo..... xxx
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    Infidelity

    Gary L commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in Infidelity

    A truly enjoyable chapter, but my goodness what a tangle Granger has had to deal with. Thank you v much, Mark Gary
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    Marcelo seemed to be panicking even more than I was. He forced me to stop dragging him; people had started to look warily at us. “So that was señor Green eyes? Quite smart, if I say so myself. And what now Ximo? Are you going to transfer to Madrid to escape arrest or what?” Fear seemed to be making him sound almost aggressive. By now I just wanted to get away from talking and wasted speculation. We parted with a vague promise to meet up with other student friends at a more ‘neutral’
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    For those of you who are still in 2025 from those of us already in 2026 - hey! Time to catch up guys!,, love to all of you in the best DIC on the web!
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    Cars

    Gary L commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in Cars

    Congratulations to @Mark Arbour for crossing the 7 million word milestone. Amazing achievement 🤗
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    Cars

    Gary L commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in Cars

    In N Ireland during the Troubles of the 70s (and before and after) in job interviews etc., you couldn’t ask whether the person was Catholic or Protestant but simply asking where they went to school would reveal all a bigoted employer, or work colleague, would need to know.
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