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I have 17 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 580991 times and 170 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2604 of my 15,879 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2668 votes

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Shoelaces

The way he told me, he saw it as a kind of existentialist episode. “It’s like the left side of my brain’s taken over from the right side” he said, “… the sensible side.
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Cherry

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Inspiration Point)

Once upon a time, not so long ago, Goldilocks went for a walk in the woods, but no sooner had she got there than she realized she was wearing six inch heels.
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Cherry

Las Vegas 3

“So what would happen if we didn’t give it back? If we just kept going?
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Cherry

Las Vegas 2

It’s half past eight in the evening, but it’s still boiling hot. The temperature gauge says it’s 110, so the first thing we do is put the roof down.
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Las Vegas

We’ve finished laughing at the room. We’ve examined the funny fake ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs that they’ve plastered everywhere.
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2604 of my comments have received 2668 Great Feedback votes

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I really enjoyed both the

Posted on Mon, 01 Dec 2025

I really enjoyed both the comments and the first half of November, so thank you very much!

I still have hedgehogs in my garden luckily, and feed them every night, even through winter as they often don't completely hibernate. Other reasons...

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Posted in Papa’s Got a Brand New Chainsaw

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All as readable as the first

Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2025

All as readable as the first part well done

If you're looking for suggestions (if not please ignore) - I can see you're making it clear that neither one has the intention of taking it further than friendship (at first) but quite early on...

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Posted in The Ride -3

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A brilliant pick - thank you

Posted on Fri, 29 Oct 2010

A brilliant pick - thank you so much for choosing it Di. I'd never read it before - what an amazingly talented person she was (as well as all-round lovely)

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Posted in St Ives, Summer 1993

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what a wonderful poem, so

Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2025

what a wonderful poem, so moving - thank you! I particularly like this line:

I ironed his grief with hands still small,

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Posted in The Daughter-Wife

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I had a friend whose new

Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2025

I had a friend whose new boyfriend offered to upgrade her car. He did something to the engine that made it go really fast, and she was so impressed! Then the police turned up and said he'd been using it as a getaway vehicle in several armed...

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Posted in What You Don't Know Don't . . . .

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Oh this is fabulous Jane - I

Posted on Fri, 06 Jun 2025

Oh this is fabulous Jane - I'm very glad you posted it. Swearing entirely appropriate given the characters - well done - now I can read part two again

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Posted in The Vale - Part One (a)

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A real cri de coeur -

Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025

A real cri de coeur - straight from the heart. Did you know someone's given it a name now? 'The overwhelm'. Turlough's right, and we mustn't look away, but perhaps we should try to look a little bit at a time - small steps. This little patch of...

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Posted in Perverse Future

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Exciting most definitely the

Posted on Fri, 07 Feb 2025

Exciting most definitely the word! Again, it's very hard to manage a complicated situation like this without confusion but you pulled it off - well done

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Posted in Mother and Child Reunion (Dead Reckoning series - Part 47)

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This is great - a really

Posted on Sun, 06 Oct 2024

This is great - a really original idea - well done!

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Posted in Walking The Walk

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Thanks for these pieces so

Posted on Tue, 17 Sep 2024

Thanks for these pieces so far Harry. Your writing style and attention to detail has made them a joy to read

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Posted in Taking Care 6 (iii)

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