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Dora Graham
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"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say."
Words of wisdom by Anais Nin that defines the Dora Graham story. The words on these pages would not be possible without a driving, relentless passion to tell stories and to share them with the world. Just as the mysterious human brain has a left and right side…a yin and yang…Dora Graham is a two-sided entity. She is black and white. Male and female. Fierce and gentle. Funny and serious. Kind and cruel. Humble and arrogant. The aim of the stories is to reflect all these aspects. Dora Graham lives in a parallel universe, constantly examining different ways to live life, and constantly at war with an alter ego. Anais Nin said many profound things that perfectly illustrate why we are all here at Authorsden. This one stands aside as probably the single most perfect statement.
“We write to taste life twice,
in the moment, and in retrospection”
Birth Place: hull, england
Accomplishments: no comment, but have a degree in lit.
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Books
| | ANDY WAS HERE BEFORE KILROY by Dora Graham
This story is relative to Tarp Jumping. The characters are the same people in a different time and space. Hope you like it. Dora
ANDY
Andy pushed hard on the pedals, head down and bottom up, straining against the incline.
Snow powdered hair and eyebrows, and ears and nose frost-reddened.
Into the still air, thickly stacked with snow clouds, he chanted to t...
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This is a story about growing up.
ANDY
Andy pushed hard on the pedals, head down and bottom up, straining against the incline.
Snow powdered hair and eyebrows, and ears and nose frost-reddened.
Into the still air, thickly stacked with snow clouds, he chanted to the rhythm of his exertions. "Up the hill, up the hill, I know I can, I know I will."
Soon he wo...
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 | IT'S SHOWTIME: by Dora Graham
THIS NOVEL IS ONLY PUBLISHED HERE IN PART. PUBLISHERS/EDITORS CONTACT IF YOU WANT THE REST...
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 | Nothing Too Serious by Dora Graham
A collection of stories about The Major Breadwinner, from my weekly newspaper column. Laugh at the everyday happenings in an average family. Every family has a Major Breadwinner... and children!...
Bonafide Productions
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Short Stories
Planting Seeds by Dora Graham
A story about how we sometimes unknowingly plant a seed...and what happens when it finally flowers. ...
Into White by Dora Graham
A short short piece written about 11 years ago......
A Christmas Tale by Dora Graham
An Australian version of an old favourite...unless you are conversant with Aussie idioms, you may not know that "strewth" is an exclamation of surprise...and VB is Australia's most popular beer, mostl...
Picking up Peas With Chopsticks by Dora Graham
Nothing is black and white...and hope comes in all colours...
Thursday night roasted again by Dora Graham
it''s getting a little warmer in the kitchen!...
Tarp Jumping Updated August 16th by Dora Graham
This is a new story in the making. It started off as a short but seems to be making inroads into the field of "long fiction". Tarp Jumping is a metaphor I suppose.
In 1989 Moles and Dra...
Two Sparrows In A Hurricane by Dora Graham
TWO SPARROWS IN A HURRICANE
by Dora Graham.
It was raining.Had been for three weeks now. Ever since the thunderstorms brought to a close the worst drought in recorded histo...
When It's Over... It's Over by Dora Graham
Put yourself in .... the victims place?...
Katies Ride by Dora Graham
Life is a ride we take. Sometimes you must take a risk.
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Holy Spirit Tours by Dora Graham
Someone asked "If He comes again what would happen?" Same old same old probably....
Better Late Than Never? by Dora Graham
Some things are better left unsaid... I think...
Thursday Night Roast by Dora Graham
A story about having your roast and eating it too......
The Importance of Good Grades by Dora Graham
Larry fingered the buttons on Leonie’s skin-tight jeans. In his eighteen year old mind, he cursed the stiff, unyielding material......
Betrayal by Dora Graham
I think I published this in Woman''s Day all Women''s Weekly or woman''s something or other... anyway it paid a couple of bills!...
not finished... trying to find pages! by Dora Graham
this is a long ago written parody written for my son when he was 9. He is now 32 and I can''t find the pages.. Please be patient....
Ivy by Dora Graham
I love the horror genre. And this is truly my idea of horror...
Blake by Dora Graham
Not really Humour. Parody. I was really annoyed at some silly woman professor that I dumped marks... got a 62% and then appealed explaining that this bit was not part of my assignment.. it was a bit o...
The Withchfinder by Dora Graham
Set just a little in the future... and a lot in the past. This is based on a true story I read in a very very old book printed in the late 1600's. The lady was real... Perhaps the story is... or not!...
The Girl Most Likely by Dora Graham
When a class act shows up at a class re-union......
The News Said... by Dora Graham
THE NEWS SAID:
By Dora Graham
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The Strip by Dora Graham
A short story...
Aphrodites Mirror by Dora Graham
Previously called TRISH and published by Sliptongue.com as Aphrodites Mirror (which I like better) Be warned.. THIS IS EROTICA. Please do not read if offended!...
It takes all kinds of people by Dora Graham
An encounter while travelling......
Expectations by Dora Graham
A very special pregnancy......
A New You by Dora Graham
What happens when you take exercise too far.....
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Poetry
Waiting in the Wings by Dora Graham
This is not a poem. It's a song I had in me, but as I'm not a musician, it's a NAKED poem....
The Leader by Dora Graham
A Cyber-curse on Bank Managers by Dora Graham
Tongue in cheek...
Threads by Dora Graham
Love by Dora Graham
Haiku written during a ten minute exercise entitled "write a poem about Love without using the word love"...
Kings by Dora Graham
My Desire For You by Dora Graham
The formatting is intentional...
The Ballad of Rolly Rat by Dora Graham
Rolly Rat
Earl Sebastian Whittaker would never clean his room.
It had been a month of Sundays and looked just like a tomb.
Bits of food and dirty socks, and grime around the walls.
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Andy and Me by Dora Graham
One from the Long-Haired Hippy Lout. The first couple of lines are mine because I found the work incomplete.Andy and the Lout were first cousins and inseperable....
SARAH THE TENNIS COACH by Dora Graham
This is just a bit of double-entendre. Written with tongue firmly planted in cheek...
WITHERNSEA by Dora Graham
Withernsea is a small town on the East Coast of Yorkshire. Now knowns as Humberside. This is just a memory of more than 40 years ago. And the style is a deliberate tribute to my hero Sir John Betjamen...
Enantiomorphous by Dora Graham
I was asonished to find this, written in 1973 when I was just 15. Was I so serious? And how have I become so flippant?...
Just Like Pop by Dora Graham
another piece of fluff....
A Dieter's Lament by Dora Graham
just a bit of fluff......
Valediction by Dora Graham
At 19 the end of the very first love affair. ...
My Body by Dora Graham
I went to the gym. I jogged. I toned up. I did all of that. ...
Instant by Dora Graham
Moments in time are fleeting. Should we take it while we can.. or should we always be true to that thing that we are told we must believe?...
My Father by Dora Graham
My best friend, my poets father....
One For Dora by Dora Graham
He would wait by the post office to collect my letters everyday. He was my poet.. my muse. My best friend....
Sunday by Dora Graham
I told him I loved him. He said he loved me too. But he told me the truth in this poem....
The Spaces In Between by Dora Graham
My friend suffers from Manic Depression. (Never say Bi Polar disorder!!) I tried to ask him where he "goes". This is his answer almost word for word....
And The Dream Is Broken by Dora Graham
My friend lived alone and built a huge stone house with his bare hands.. gathering rocks each day, and making gardens. An action of despair and creation... until he knew he had to leave. That she woul...
Divorcing The Judge by Dora Graham
A friend of mine was married to a Judge. He divorced her and used the law to strip her of everything. This is just a tale about xmas...
Lost In The Bush by Dora Graham
The loss of a partner either through death, separation, divorce, war... is awful. But think of the awfulness of having ones entire innocent family bombed to death. This poem is an indulgence!...
Seeing... or Believing? by Dora Graham
I really don't know what this is about!...
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Articles
What is a futurist by Dora Graham
I recently wrote this small article for a company newsletter. The response from their clients has been quite amazing. Really I did very little, just chatted to this amazing man about his vision for th...
THE BIGGEST AWARD SHOW OF ALL by Dora Graham
A story about the lowest paid star of all time......
FLIRTING TIPS FOR BABY BOOMERS by Dora Graham
Internet dating might be the new way to score...but you can't beat good old fashioned flirting...
People by Dora Graham
I just wanted to tell you ALL...
Passion - a reflection by Dora Graham
My own observations about an emotion that can build or destroy with equal intensity....
EBAY THE GREAT DICTATOR by Dora Graham
If you are on ebay let me suggest why you should leave. If you are not on ebay let me suggest why you should not be....
Is This What I Have Feared All My Life? by Dora Graham
Fear Is the Glue? It really is?
I had long feared for the Long Haired Hippy Lout.
Yesterday in Miami a man lost his life, shot by an Air Marshal because he was Bi-Polar. Not unlike England My...
England My England! by Dora Graham
As I write this I am blinded by tears. Let them take me as they will now. ...
Confessions of a Writeaholic by Dora Graham
As a writeaholic...I remember clearly the time I took my first ink....
I Hate Writers by Dora Graham
Just parody! It''s only for fun! ...
What's In a Handbag...? by Dora Graham
All of life''s essentials of course......
Alien Visitation by Dora Graham
There''s always room in your life for one more......
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