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A short descriptive story Set in the 1800s Britain, when the factory system has a rise in power. Putting children from a young age to work due to poverty. Only ending up to be beaten, getting kicked out as the manager was reluctant to pay their wages or worse of all, they are being crushed by machineries. Inspired by Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.
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The Timeless Boy in the Desert

A child without time, a boy without a soul, a vessel for the old, a bringer of woe. Beware the child born without a day. But fear the child with no year. This is a fantasy short story that works as a prologue to a series (still to be written) but can be read on its own.

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