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ANIMATIONS – THE BEST MEDICINE FOR VERY OLD KIDS

It takes a lifetime to learn how to be a smart kid When we’re small we want to be grown up. When we’re teenagers we want to be independent. But when we grow too old to be astronauts and ballerinas we can … Continue reading

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Clap if you WANT to believe in fairies

If you’re human, fiction is a big deal to you. Clap if you WANT to believe in: Tinkerbell, dragons, time travel, space ships, ghosts, lost cities, the holy grail, mystical serendipity, numinous energy, sentient pond scum, divine intervention, soul mates, talking … Continue reading

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THE MORNING AFTER

APRIL 16th 1912 – the ‘after-math’ TOTAL NUMBER OF PASSENGERS – 2,223 SURVIVORS – 706 VICTIMS – 1,517 Of the 53 children who perished… 52 were from steerage (3rd. class) Odd words for a reporter; PROBABLY? MAYBE? Yet a noted member of the … Continue reading

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BOOK LAUNCH

NOW LAUNCHED! – on the 104th anniversary of the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic –  ‘THE UNTHINKABLE SHOES’ by V. KNOX – – a TITANIC-inspired novel of Literary Fiction / Magical Realism / and Paranormal Romance EXCERPT: CHAPTER ONE – ‘THE END’ FINN … Continue reading

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SAVE OUR SOULS

A 104 YEAR-OLD MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE   Countdown, 24 hours –  April 13th, 1912 ten minutes to midnight – a mountain of ice lurking in the waters of the North Atlantic, awaits the Titanic, steaming towards it on its … Continue reading

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TITANIC – THE ‘LAST SUPPER’

EXCERPT from ‘THE UNTHINKABLE SHOES’  [ In the morning I’m feverish. A lovely egg breakfast means nothing. My shoes wait for me, daring me to accept their torture. I will put them on later because I deserve the knives in … Continue reading

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CASTLES IN THE SAND

Reincarnation with a twist of fate. Two children on the Titanic, destined to marry, are torn apart when five-year-old Finn Cleary perishes on April 15, 1912. Now Finn must remain earthbound as a girl’s invisible childhood companion in order to reach … Continue reading

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SPIRITED AWAY

Five-year-old Finn Cleary, an irrepressible passenger on Titanic, has tough shoes to fill, trying to compete with his older brother, but his death delivers a tougher quest. Finding Finn’s lost shoes may be young love’s only chance to stay together. EXCERPT from ‘THE UNTHINKABLE … Continue reading

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TITANIC’S FLOTSAM

“The ocean is strewn with a litter of woodwork, chairs, and bodies.” – from the diary of a crewman aboard the Mackay-Bennett, a body recovery vessel – April 21, 1912. One hundred and four years today, the Titanic left the … Continue reading

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A STACKED DECK

Definition of a ‘stacked deck’ : to arrange things against someone or something. Not enough lifeboats meant the lives of 1,500 men, teenage boys, and women and children traveling steerage, were downgraded to the bottom of a list – a … Continue reading

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