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    • Picturebooks
      • Alex the Anteater
      • Hedgehog
      • Hedgehog’s Name
    • Books of Poems
      • Hogs and Dogs and Who Knows Whats
      • The Emancipation of Cats
      • The Book of Silly Stupid Poems
      • The Book of Serious Sensible Poems
    • Novels & co
      • Malcolm Engineer
        • Malcolm Engineer Ch 1
      • A Dragon Laugh
        • A Dragon Laugh Chapter 1
        • A Dragon Laugh Chapter 2
        • A Dragon Laugh Chapter 3
        • A Dragon Laugh Chapter 4
      • Liss-Tallian: The Bar-Lanian
        • Liss-Tallian, Chapter 1
        • Liss-Tallian, Chapter 2
      • Blogger’s Human
        • Blogger’s Human: The Beginning
      • Zombies
      • The Beowulf Story
        • The Beowulf Story: The Start
  • Zombies
    • How to Tell if Your Teacher is a Zombie?
      • Q1     Does your teacher lurch or shamble when they walk?
      • Q2     How does your teacher smell?
      • Q3     Is your teacher carrying a large stack of books or papers?
      • Q4     Does your teacher moan?
      • Q5     Does your teacher have gobbets of meat between their teeth and trickles of fresh blood running from the corners of their mouths?
      • Q6     Does your teacher have ripped or ragged clothing?
      • Q7     Is your teacher missing the occasional non-essential body part; fingers, hands, feet, ears and so forth?
      • Conclusion.
      • Liability Waiver
    • How to Tell if Your Classmate is a Zombie.
      • Q1     Is your classmate aware of, and reactive to, their surroundings?
      • Q2     Does your classmate smell funny?
      • Q3     What are the visual signs?
      • Q4     Are they in the wrong group?
      • Q5     Are they responsive to insults?
      • Q6     Did they stop over with you?
      • Q7     Are they really kissing?
    • What Should I do if my Teacher is a Zombie?
      • Evasive action 1. In the School
      • Evasive Action 2: Staying at Home
      • Back to School
      • The Destructive Approach
    • Clothing, School Uniforms, and Zombie Survival
      • Q1, Can teachers really tell if your shoes have steel toecaps?
      • Q2, Does the dress code say anything about underwear?
      • Q3, Do you really want to stand out like a sore thumb wearing camouflage gear when everyone else is in the tatty regulation sweatshirt?
      • Q4, Are you allowed to have gloves in your schoolbag?
      • Q5, Does the code allow for a hat?
      • Q6, Are skateboards or kick-boards allowed for travel to and from school?
      • Q7, What special circumstances allow variations in the code?
  • Dragon poems
    • They Say
    • The Mighty Wyrm!
    • A Tickle
  • Silly Poems
    • Silly Twit
    • Silly Boy
    • Rainbow
    • Owls
    • Life Underground
    • The Moth
    • Sharks
    • Gas
    • Oh Spiky Beast
    • For Tim
    • Octopuses
    • Elephants
    • Poo Poo
    • Counting Toads
  • Sensible Poems
    • Conversations With My Son
    • Broken Things
    • I Heard the Call
    • I Know People
    • 101
    • Justin Sleeping
    • The 3rd.
    • Scerling Places
    • Things I Could Have Been
    • Migraine
    • Oh Dear,
    • Poem For Jo
  • Cat Poems
    • I Like the Box
    • The Start of Things
    • Scratched on Walls
    • The Underpass
    • Favourite Places 1
    • Favourite Places 2
    • Favourite Places 3
    • Favourite Places 4
    • Favourite Places 5
    • Supermarket
    • No Peeing
    • Flying
    • Ginger and Black
    • Visitors
    • Down Time
    • Climbing
    • Napping
    • That’s Me
    • Bother
    • The Cats of Constable Terrace
    • ‘Twas a Dark and Stormy Night
    • Oooh, oooh
    • Ginger
    • House!
    • We Is Tough!
    • A Beautiful Day
    • Boris the Cat
    • The Cats Are in the Belfry
  • Bat Poems
    • Dust
    • Moth
    • Bats Fly High
    • The Mighty Moth
  • Badger Poems
    • Badger Day
    • The Badger is a Stripy Beast
    • Badger Badger
    • Badger’s at the Helm Again
    • The Life of Woodland Creatures
    • The Badger Sits Inside Its Nest
    • Spring is Full of Cliches
    • It’s Been a Long Time
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Author: Dominic Cheetham

August 9, 2025 Dominic Cheetham

Summer!

June 11, 2025 Dominic Cheetham

Book Cover for Blogger’s Human

May 22, 2025 Dominic Cheetham

A Dragon Laugh

April 26, 2025April 26, 2025 Dominic Cheetham

Hardback Liss!!

December 17, 2018 Dominic Cheetham

More things

November 24, 2017November 24, 2017 Dominic Cheetham

Hogs and Dogs

November 17, 2017 Dominic Cheetham

Been Remiss

September 8, 2017 Dominic Cheetham

Added cats

September 4, 2017September 6, 2017 Dominic Cheetham

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