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10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 177930 times
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34 of my 267 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 35 votes
Christopher Caldwell
I grew up in England and have since made a home in France, on the banks of the Loire. My writing explores how family, place, and history leave their traces on us.
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Pretentious Little Shit
Before I took my A-Levels, I had already decided I was going to be an artist. Therefore, I didn’t really bother studying too hard - so long as I...
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Calling All Angels
In the middle of mundane tasks, I put on music. The hiss of the iron, the quiet shuffle of laundry, all faded as the first notes filled the room...
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Fox on the Hill
It was a rather grim affair, my half-brother’s birthday. A Wetherspoons, Fox on the Hill, South London. We arrived forty minutes late and were still...
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The Cinema of My Becoming
It feels almost quaint now, being asked for your three favourite films - a question from another age, when culture still arrived in tidy, nameable...
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The Hug Reflex
It was still dark outside. I sleep without the curtains drawn — perhaps inviting anyone to somehow filter through the glass and slip under the covers...
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Reading your reply, I realise
Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025
Reading your reply, I realise I’d made light of something much weightier - apologies if my Richard Scarry detour seemed flippant. I suppose as a firstborn I’ve always felt I had enough hardship without taking on the bigger questions too. But you’...
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Appreciated
Posted on Thu, 28 Nov 2024
Thank you, feels strange to be bearing all and not hiding behind ideas and jokes and I appreciate this is not a therapy forum, but there's still some worth I think in remembering someone publicly, even if those you're sharing with had no idea of...
Read full commentPosted in Adam Hopkins September 1939 - November 2024
It was such an easy read.
Posted on Mon, 18 Nov 2024
It was such an easy read. From the first sentence, I was in your world and got quite upset with the forgiving nature of your narrator and her terrible but probably all-too-common situation. I have always been freaked out by Punch and Judy, never...
Read full commentPosted in Cricks Crocodile
You got it Insert!
Posted on Wed, 05 Nov 2025
You got it Insert!
Read full commentPosted in Calling All Angels
That's a relief! Thank you
Posted on Wed, 05 Nov 2025
That's a relief! Thank you Onemorething. Always concerned that I might be being too self-indulgent. Do you know the songs? They're not hugely popular.
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Brought back a flood of
Posted on Sun, 05 Oct 2025
Brought back a flood of memories. Scrubbs Lane was guaranteed to land you a puncture, and the roads there, slick with oil from the HGVs trundling along piled high with scrap metal. There's nothing worse than a commute in the encroaching winter...
Read full commentPosted in Push a Pedal
Thank you so much Drew. I got
Posted on Sun, 28 Sep 2025
Thank you so much Drew. I got a bit obsessed and couldn't sleep last night until that ethical one was done, and then this one just flowed out this morning. Not so hard to parody this caricature of a man. He sort of does it for you.
Read full commentPosted in Trump reads Hansel and Gretel
Thank you for the praise -
Posted on Sat, 27 Sep 2025
Thank you for the praise - and the cherries! It's a really great trigger for inspiration. I think I have a few more attempts before the week is out
Read full commentPosted in La Barbe Bleue
The film "Straight Outta
Posted on Tue, 23 Sep 2025
The film "Straight Outta Compton" is really powerful and provided people like me with a real insight, both as a piece of storytelling and as a snapshot of a cultural moment. The casting of O’Shea Jackson Jr. as his father (Ice Cube) adds another...
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I don't want to go back to a
Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2025
I don't want to go back to a corporate environment. Bleugh. Very well captured.
Read full commentPosted in Kettle Violation
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