Amanda Riddell
Just Like Yesterday (part 2)
The seniors were crowding into the van. Sean and Dana were busy putting seat belts around people and loading wheelchairs with the...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 71 min read
My twin brother
is also called Stephen. And yeah, he used to dominate me. Lots of people involved in my stuff were/are into kink. That's why my script...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 71 min read
Manhattan Stardust
That's the title of one of Emanuel's books. I thought I'd mention why I've got the sound, despite having never visited New York. Well,...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 69 min read
Merging with Gaia
The world was changing. Anthropogenic climate change had moved from a fringe science espoused by privileged elites to a daily reality...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 33 min read
My transness - a timeline
I'm going to presage this with a comment: forcing trans people to divulge their story, then judging their fitness for sex reassignment...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 298 min read
Just Like Yesterday (part 1)
Prologue Kāpiti Island: an ominous vista just off the mainland. In the old world, it was filled with mystery and import – Te Raupraha,...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 247 min read
Dirty Creatures
‘I am beneath you. My life is an extension of yours. I have no free will.’ - Creature mantra It’s frustrating when your enemies are way...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 233 min read
The Brown Stain (part 2)
Ron was up shit creek. No phone; no room key; no money; not even his slippers: an old man in silk pyjamas. He tried pounding on the fire...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 103 min read
The Brown Stain (part 1)
The setting: a few old codgers on their bucket list tour. A borderline illegal hostel near Queen’s Wharf, Auckland, Aotearoa-New...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 101 min read
My Dave moment
For the old people: Dave is a TV show about a rapper with a freaky penis; like, that's his shtick. 👋 - What happened with me was that...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 92 min read
Memory piece
The Twig in the Ear saga Did I ever tell you that I used to play rugby? Possibly not, it was so long ago… Sydenham Rugby with those red...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 55 min read
An extract from a letter:
Something I was writing to an old friend, adapted slightly for a general audience: 'Put it this way: I'm still allowed to attend...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 27, 202315 min read
He Pō Hei Maumahara (A Night To Remember)
Christchurch Convention Centre. It’s a beautiful part of town, much changed, but still the cultural centre of this podunk white trash New...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 22, 20232 min read
Another fable
Approaching the Infinite 2080. Some lucky pharmaceutical company invents immortality in a bottle. The era of Homo Deus begins, except for...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 8, 20224 min read
The Day The Flat Burned Down
This story may or may not be based on true events. All tall tales have some grains of truth… ** Two likely lads stumbling up to the Aro...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 31, 20227 min read
The Plaything (Taonga Tākaro)
Alison longed for a certain touch. Her body would melt in the embrace, her lingering essence transported to a liminal realm where nothing...
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