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I have 67 stories published in 9 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 94594 times and 34 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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Mark Grist

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Cherry

Brandon's Party

Brandon was having a tantrum, His tubby fists slammed the duvet, His cries rocked the mansion, And when his Mother came in He screamed out, demanding
Story of the week

Crumble

Without looking up, Michael knew exactly where everything was in his parents’ kitchen. Perhaps it was wrong to come back here, all these years later.

The bailiff of Scraefield Manor

This wind won’t let us be. Knowing the debt Our flesh owes, it’s come to collect. Batters The door. Hungry for bounty. Headbutting walls While we bury the bed. Lie above it as nothing
Gold cherry

Ogre

You kept us in check alright. Hugged us With a thuggery unrivalled on our street. You'd bruise with your bellow, lurching through bedrooms; Knuckling at dusters; Rubbing spit upon faces;
Cherry

Why I'm angry

It isn't the fact that she was rude, It isn't the detention that she missed, Or the list of obscenities she's hurled at other students,

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