<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Scales on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/tags/scales/</link><description>Recent content in Scales on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/scales/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Only the singer knows the meaning of the song</title><link>/stories/2018/04/16/only-the-singer-knows-the-meaning-of-the-song/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2018/04/16/only-the-singer-knows-the-meaning-of-the-song/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Storycodes:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I feel I owe you an explanation as to why I have not mentioned in my final report the existence of the enclosed journal. It’s undoubtedly his, as I’m sure you’ll agree when you see the hand-writing. As a professional private investigator I’m at a loss as to why I have not made reference to it in the report, which I know you intend to share with his family. Maybe that’s the reason.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Beautiful Creature</title><link>/stories/2014/10/30/the-beautiful-creature/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2014/10/30/the-beautiful-creature/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;AUTHOR&amp;rsquo;S NOTE: This is a tribute to the 1954 horror classic: &amp;ldquo;Creature from the Black Lagoon&amp;rdquo; which celebrates its sixtieth anniversary this year. The story also features the return of the thirty something schoolteacher Sarah Laughton who appears in the stories &amp;ldquo;Five O&amp;rsquo; Clock&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;Thanks, Miss Laughton&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Horror of The White Worm&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Sarah Laughton stood on the beach and looked around Newton&amp;rsquo;s Bay. The coastal town was built on tall cliffs, surrounding a bay from where the fishing fleets sailed into the North Sea. On her left along the harbour Sarah saw the cairn-like monument to the town&amp;rsquo;s lifeboat crew who&amp;rsquo;d been lost at sea in 1865. To her right, Sarah saw on the cliffs above her the ruins of St Bartholomew&amp;rsquo;s Abbey which had been dissolved by Henry the Eighth and damaged when the town had been shelled by German warships in 1914. Overhead the sun shone in a blue sky which had a few wisps of cloud.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>