He knew they called him The Fishmonger. Never to his face, he smiled, proud at the reputation he’d acquired over the years of building his business. Señor was all the few people who spoke to him directly would dare to say. Except his mother, god rest her soul. Even until her final days, she’d called him Miguel, after his paternal grandfather. In truth, he had been a fisherman, following in the foo...

“Selling cockles and mussels, alive alive oh,” she sang to herself as she went to start her day. She ran an oyster farm, and did like to consider herself a fishmonger. She liked to imagine it was part of her Irish roots.

She arrived at the docks, loaded her gear onto the boat, and thought about her day. She didn’t own much of an oyster farm, but it was enough to keep her busy, and she collecte...

There was once a Chinese fishmonger store in the middle of town in a swap meet. that claimed they were vegan. “ we have vegan fish” they said. No one believed them. “ how can you be vegan? You are selling fish” People exclaimed. “ oh they are vegan alright,” the store employee said “ they are today’s catch.....” ...

When Sandy met the fishmonger she had long given up on humanity. She lived in cottage in the highlands, writing stories and painting the mountains and trees and squirrels. When she needed anything she went on an hour walk to a little village by the nice loch. The village has a charming café, she thought sometimes.

But that day she had decided to get lost, for it was truly a fine day to do just tha...

Reid Stillwater had lived in the Wilds all his life, as his father had before him and his father’s father had before that. The village in which they lived had been named Stillwater Crossing, for the acts of heroism his family had shown in their lifetimes. However, Reid was nearly seventy years old and hadn’t done a single heroic thing in his entire life, and he was feeling especially crummy now.

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In a small house lived a boy named Troy. He was only 8 years old and he was very forgetful. He lived with his mom,dad and a loving small sister. One day Troy’s mom told him to get half a Kg of fish from the new fish shop that had opened. The fish shops name was Marine House. It also sold sea food. It was a long walk from his house but he thought it would give him some exercise and he could get him...