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I have 1183 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2758730 times
and 1210 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1679 of my 15,622 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1713 votes
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grammar schools and the select-22 committee
Protect our endangered rich With the quick fix Penalise the poor Let no election promise Be a palliative or cure For elective rhetoric Take a point...
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Sleeping Beauty
He kisses Sleeping Beauty The word before the fall You’ve changed and change back And I don’t change at all ‘You’re a fucking wally,’ she said ‘Not...
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the last of summer
We are in the last mouths of summer Green gods’ sad subliminal dream Dripping with sorrow No thought of tomorrow Today, today, today Is all we can...
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tears were not enough
After the funeral, Davy nursed a lukewarm can of Skol lager and chose a quiet, empty corner of the church hall near the swing of the door and stink...
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I remember her now
A guitar shaped body Jutting hips that hook a look Pubic hair and yearning – Desire singes and drowns shyness Unbuttons her blouse Plucks the straps...
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it's a bit too deep for me,
Posted on Thu, 24 Jan 2019
it's a bit too deep for me, but I liked your brevity. Keep it going.
Read full commentPosted in FactoidMan and ShallowMan
god, I'm with you on this one
Posted on Wed, 23 Jan 2019
god, I'm with you on this one Hilary. But a plea to Donald Trump is time wasted. The legacy we shall leave our children and grandchildren is drought, wars, hunger and all those other apocalyptic horses that Trump and his supporters think aren't...
Read full commentPosted in The Melting Iceberg
sounds a bit like one of the
Posted on Mon, 21 Jan 2019
sounds a bit like one of the Hindu gods.
Read full commentPosted in Life and Times of a Priestess: Ch.11 : Dumis (Part 1 - Section 2)
I hope the poor wee soul is
Posted on Thu, 17 Jan 2019
I hope the poor wee soul is in a good place. Her parents were middle-class and photogenic. That helped fire the media uproar. And as we know from many studies, they staying together is unusual. The guilt they carry, who but they know?
Read full commentPosted in Madeleine McCann.
I can see the problem. And I
Posted on Mon, 24 Dec 2018
I can see the problem. And I can see the solution. But I've just not got enough sticky tape to join them together.
Read full commentPosted in A to B
there's a lot of love here.
Posted on Fri, 21 Dec 2018
there's a lot of love here.
Read full commentPosted in love and laundry
a cave is a great place to
Posted on Tue, 11 Dec 2018
a cave is a great place to build characterisation from. keep going.
Read full commentPosted in The Cave Chapter 1
grief is a bell Harry (Kevin)
Posted on Sat, 17 Nov 2018
grief is a bell Harry (Kevin), and your story rings true.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (Blood)
serenity, one of the few
Posted on Fri, 16 Nov 2018
serenity, one of the few things you can't buy. And great writing, well, you can buy that. I had the last meeting with my writing mentor Carl Mac Dougall today and he mentioned James Joyce and his story The Dead as being pretty much perfect., The...
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (The Night Before)
wonderful story telling. I'd
Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2018
wonderful story telling. I'd add Tom (Cruise) surname, I had to think about it and lazy people like me don't like to come out of the flow of the story to do that. brilliant.
Read full commentPosted in Sass (Part 2)
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