#2056

an astrologer,

his wife and his gardener

everyone in house

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From words on page 41 of The Sigh by Marjane Satrapi (Archaia, 2013).

#2054

the car tide turned in

six months i felt lost, not norm,

most moticeable

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From words on page 6 of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz, 1969/2018 [Kindle Edition]).

#2030

diamonds exhorting

thoughts of a planet called home

time places gently

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From words on page 385 of We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (Penguin, 2025/2024). 

#2024

small teeth holding eyes.

dining considered, dismissed

absent-mindedly. 

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From words on page 268 of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (HarperCollins, 2008/1971). 

#2023

here must be somewhere

my excuse, hilda, is there

tall blue hair girl, she.

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From words on page 33 (ish) of Hilda and the Bird Parade by Luke Pearson (Flying Eye Books, 2016/2013). 

#1963

my last house are you?

the horizon, river, hills…

seems to me good that

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From words on page 29 (ish) of Hilda and the Midnight Giant by Luke Pearson (Flying Eye Books, 2016/2011). 

#1961

pretty troll isn't

scary probably kind of

cool i bet i’m sure

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From words on page 20 (ish) of Hilda and the Troll by Luke Pearson (Flying Eye Books, 2015/2010).

#1956

the escapade year

college thrown downwards, sidetracked.

lioness feeding.

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From words on page 305 of Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones (Harper Fire, 2025/1985).

#1955

spook secretary

the story, the spilt coffee

the gunman's moment

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From words on page 191 of Slow Horses by Mick Herron (John Murray Press, 2002).

#1924

happy in the midst -

congratulate you later…

getting my photo!

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From words on page 109 (or thereabouts) of Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi (Jonathan Cape, 2008).

#1922

this son, like my girl,

can’t stop thinking about you

you have to go on

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From words on page 79 of Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi (Jonathan Cape, 2006).

#1920

helpless insane nights

returning and cowering

people distant, small

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From words on page 80 of The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz, 1972/1976/2022).

#1902

truth bitterness dawn

a sanctuary in time

there's safety in this

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From words on page 394 of The Great Dune Trilogy by Frank Herbert (Gollancz, 2018/1979/1965 [Kindle Edition]) - from the first novel in the book, Dune.

#1894

the bell sounded thin,

or morning hour exhausted,

like a mashed tin can

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From words on page 182 of All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (Picador/Pan Books, 1993).

#1847

knowledge, precision

afternoon sunlight shining

onto the strangers

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From words on page 86 of The Coin by Yasmin Zaher (Footnote, 2024).

#1831

flesh sterile alone

labor foggily obeyed

lift-off drive bluish

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From words on page 369 of Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Three Hainish Novels by Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz, 1966/2015) - from the third novel in the book, City of Illusions.

#1819

the tent stood talking

wind stretched a flaw carried word

memory outward

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From words on page 145 of Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Three Hainish Novels by Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz, 1966/2015) - from the second novel in the book, Planet of Exile.

#1788

remember the smoke?

say i hadn’t forgotten

everything in sight!

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From words on page 263 of Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Faber and Faber Education Edition 1969/1954).

#1768

sleep failed silence breath

“i don’t want you to see this”

a glimpse empty trapped

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From words on page 263 of The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre (Abacus Books, 2025).

#1767

a glass brain useless

eyes down a glimpse devils here

the oubliette voice

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From words on page 263 of The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre (Abacus Books, 2025).