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  • Always there- DISCONTUNUED by mxgilbs
    mxgilbs
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    Maya is a 15 year old girl who lives in West Cumbria. She suffers from a heartbreak and wanted to move on. It's not easy but she finds another guy, someone she thought she'd never meet, but she had known her whole secondary life. Maya tries to forcefully stop liking him and try getting another guy. But there's no one better than him. Is he the one? DISCONTINUED
  • On Clifton Moor by DavidEbsworth
    DavidEbsworth
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    A short story adaptation of a chapter from the novel, The Jacobites' Apprentice 1744, and the whole country is threatened once again by civil war as the exiled Stuarts attempt to recover their lost throne. Their Manchester supporters will use any means to raise support and finance for the Jacobite Cause. But those loyal to the current monarchy are equally determined to stop them. As the opposing forces gather, and the threat of civil war becomes a reality, the fates of both sides will lie in the hands of one man – Aran Owen – who must choose between loyalty to the family who have raised him and his burning ambition to become a renowned artist. The finale will be played out on the ramparts of Carlisle Castle in the winter of 1745. Hopes of a Stuart Restoration are dashed – and Aran finally discovers who are the Rogues and who the Righteous within the complex web of his relationships.
  • Rosley Fair by Trekker_John
    Trekker_John
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    We meet Tom Johnston as he is about to leave his school in Holm Cultram, a monastery in North Cumbria near the western end of the Roman Wall. He is visiting Rosley Fair at a time when war between England and Scotland is about to visit destruction on everything he holds dear. His life will change forever.
  • The Cockermouth Murders by sophieshelen
    sophieshelen
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    Stephanie Connell finds herself entangled within the webs of deceit as a murderer strikes in the heart of 1960s Cockermouth. When the worlds of antiques and mystery collide with one another, Stephanie must used her keen knowledge and intuition to discover the truth. Stephanie learns that solving murders is just as priceless as her antiques she finds.
  • The dog of Cumbria  by smithyjoe06
    smithyjoe06
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    A dog who traveled Cumbria and saved life's but then one day he is stolen and the manhunt begins to save him he gets injured many times but he comes back but what happens at the end
  • A Photographer's Downfall (short story)  by _firefliar
    _firefliar
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    In the depths of the hills of Cumbria, a lone photographer is seen capturing the beauty of life that is all around. But the serenity of that very moment ends up ruined when a shocking discovery is uncovered by the photographer herself. After this disturbing discovery, she finds herself consumed by feelings of fear, sadness and confusion. When an uncanny man abruptly appears, a storm brews and she finds herself becoming increasingly desperate to escape from the hills now filled with horror. In her desperation to hide away into the darkness and comfort of her home she uncovers the truth of her shocking discovery. What will her ending be, good or bad?
  • The Little Black Book by Gospatric
    Gospatric
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    A man is sent an old journal belonging to his uncle. It seems to promise a link to a treasure, but when he finally unravels the mystery, he finds that the treasure is quite different to what he imagined it to be. A heart-warming story.