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Novels that never were

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This is from the Doctor Who episode Inferno.  The leader is suspected to be that Universe's Doctor                                                                                     I have been always been a big Deep Space Nine fan My Dog, the Beast of Covida QPR - A history  This was an alternate History story that I wrote in the noughts It is set in a Nazi occupied Ireland Below is another I started it can be found at sleepingunderthecross.blogspot.com

Progress

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It now safe again to enter ward A6 without protective equipment  Hopefully our opponent has been knocked out, but I am pleased to hear the bell regardless

Congratulations Celtic FC

Jelly and Ice cream! Congratulations Celtic FC on their second nine in a row! Scottish Premier Champions 2019 -2020

The New Rome

I want to call this the 4th Rome. Okay So I was looking at a photo of my friend in a nice old house in Argentina. My friend is cos-player, but because I am middle aged my eye was drawn to the soft furnishing's. The decor and the building was from the turn of the 20th century. I was reminded of  Pinky Blinders, and Boardwalk Empire. Oh I know they are a generation later. But I was suddenly struck by the thought. That's a nice sandbox to play in.... So Argentina was in the 1900's One of the wealthiest countries in the world. B.A had it's own Harrods  Argentina was the unofficial fifth dominion after NZ, Australia, Canada and S.A. British capital had built railways  across the Pampas and steam ships with refrigerated compartments brought Beef and lamb back to England. There was something like 3 million pounds invested in the wheat fields of Argentina So there was a British diaspora in Argentina, both above and below the stairs. More on this later So imagine C