Amanda Riddell
Just Like Yesterday (part 7)
Several years ago.... in the mists of time.... 'Kei te pēhea, Tim?' - Stella. A barista at Tim's favourite café.cafécafé 'Lousy. Got...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 301 min read
Instincts - a poem
How is it that my instincts for music can be so good, And my instincts for everything else be so bad! Well, you don't look a gift horse...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 271 min read
Another World lyrics and chords
Intro: Dmaj9, Bmaj9 :|| Bmaj9, Db/B :|| Bmaj9 Db/B Finally breaking free, Bmaj9 Db/B High on DMT. Db9 (poss. Db-9) Running in...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 101 min read
Another poem
I nestled my lips near her breast, biting rather than sucking. Leaving an imprint, I neared the erogenous zone. The slightest tickle...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 34 min read
Just Like Yesterday - part 6
Jade sat silently as Sean's piece-of-shit car blasted down the motorway. The silence was awkward. They hadn't been alone together in...
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Amanda Riddell
May 291 min read
Elegy for Rodger Fox
I found out that he died while attending Question Time today. I knew him a bit: we were neighbours for the last several years while I was...
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Amanda Riddell
May 81 min read
a brief invasion of Parliament
They bottlenecked at the gate, Having come straight from their lunch break To put the brakes on a controversial Bill. They carried some...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 194 min read
Pushing The Boulder
An unassuming patio. Two guys in deck chairs, beers in hand, munching on sliced bread. Hal, laid-back but smartly dressed; Charlie, a...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 163 min read
Programmed for Pleasure
The year is 2195, not long after Fred's death. Turns out that immortality is really boring. Sexbots were all the rage. Real people were...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 164 min read
Revenge of the Veggies
Did you know that genetics was discovered by some monk breeding peas? Well, it was. In this dimension, the Renaissance never happened....
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 81 min read
A rhyming fancy
Life grows colder. The world's getting older; The angel on my shoulder Is getting bolder, Though I told 'er I'm allergic to love. Love,...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 274 min read
The Dispatcher
Kelly had been in the bunker for three years. The previous dispatcher, Ellis, was rather laconic: she'd had to figure out most of it for...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 233 min read
Just Like Yesterday (part 5)
Now that all the sweet niceness is out of the way, let's get down to the real story. - Tina wasn't born into the crim way of life, but...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 221 min read
Another Edgar poem
The number opens with an invocation/karakia, then some kind of vocal refrain, then this: This crown rests heavy, Yet I cannot take it...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 114 min read
Weapons of War
2034 was a year of hope, a year of optimism. Neuralink was about to make a new brain-to-computer chip that would render traditional...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 81 min read
Reginald's Sonnet
My love, how deep thy beauty stirs affection; It comes not from a coat of painted gloss, But rather springs from perfect imperfection...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 61 min read
Another day, another tragedy.
In the premium capital gains grove, Where citizens who strove To prove their love For King and Country Once earned paltry wages, A...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 284 min read
Just Like Yesterday (part 4)
Early morning light reflects off glass buildings constructed during a previous neoliberal revolution - Rogernomics, as it was known in...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 271 min read
A funny memory
When Wallace Street was in full swing, we all had the idea that we should do a podcast: so Peter, Stephen, Aidin, Ethan and I gave that a...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 136 min read
Just Like Yesterday (part 3)
Early morning mist creeps through the hills of Kelburn. Jade zones out to some meditative music on her portable speakers. 'Jade, have...
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