Hull
Stories
The following stories were submitted to our sister website, toowrite.com. They were written by people from Hull or are about Hull itself.
My Husband Spoke With A Ghost
Author:
Renee Steele
of Hull
Dennis then told him to take care, and he drove away, feeling that something wasn't quite right.
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Green Fingers?
Author:
Elizabeth Gleadow
of Hull
Flicking back through the catalogue I have to agree with some of the descriptions beneath the photographs. ''Short lived perennial'', well, yes it is...it's dead.
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The Night my Mother passed away
Author:
Pat Wilkinson
of Hull
I'm convinced that I could see the moment she was standing at the Pearly Gates - she suddenly looked terrified. Instinct made me ask if she'd seen my Father. Was that worrying her?
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I Can No Longer Take You On The Slow Train to Mostar
Author:
Wesley Paxton
of Hull
Darkness came surprisingly quickly and the last hour was in pitch blackness with hardly a street light seen anywhere.
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Did I Really Go There
Author:
Sean Weymes
of Hull
So at last I was here, home of the stars. This was just my first part of my American dream. This was like being on a different planet, let alone another country. Here I was, a working class kid living in luxury in Los Angeles.
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An Aspect Of Cognitive Science
Author:
Michael White
of Hull
I have no doubt in my mind that this is the nature of the effects of gravity, principally because there is no alternative way of achieving this phenomena.
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Locked In
Author:
Tom Kane
of Hull
I volunteered to ask for help at the police station. Despite my inability to speak French, I managed to explain that I was with a woman and three children, all of whom needed a place to sleep. An officer with a curling black moustache grinned and gestured, indicating that we might stay in a cell.
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From Russia With Love
Author:
Tom Kane
of Hull
After some deliberation, Dr Nelson decided to put a stop to the situation. He told me to watch over the other students and went down to the Russian's room. Scarcely minutes later, he was back, with Kathe marching silently in front of him.
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Democracy In Action
Author:
Tom Kane
of Hull
The only buildings of this type were in southern Texas, a region not noted for its winters. Maine is in the frigid north, and some engineers suggested that even a moderate snowfall would be enough to make the air-filled roof collapse.
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Real Russian Food
Author:
Tom Kane
of Hull
The food section of the menu offered pork, chicken, stale factory bread and thin slices of an unrecognisable dark meat in endless repetition. Shelly decided to order ''Pork roll in sauce 'nut,'' but the waiter told her that it was a male dish and refused to serve it to her.
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