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TEN ROMAN MILES • by Patience Mackarness

September 24, 2024Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

Fabia wasn’t sure why her entrails grew suddenly cold, just where the baby had begun to stir. She wasn’t superstitious, she’d laughed at the crazy predictions of Aurelia the retired Vestal Virgin like everyone else in the city. When Aurelia… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories family, parenting, Patience Mackarness, Pompeii, relationship problems

THE OLDEST PROFESSION • by Patience Mackarness

August 9, 2016Every Day Fiction 10 Comments

In the brothel, a tourist with a Newcastle accent asked if the beds had been curtained, or was everything done in public? Was voyeurism all part of the fun for the lusty residents of old Pompeii? Most of the visitors… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories Hadrian's Wall, Patience Mackarness, Pompeii, tourists
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