johnshade
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I have 131 stories published in
11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 139879 times
and 103 of my stories have been cherry picked.
My collections
My stories
Wave
A wave is a prayer Lifting you up Pressing you down Breaking — White fire Swimming at dusk In the crayoned sea Burning with cold Praying Praying
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- 261 reads
2020
Butterflies, parakeets \ Pestilence, war: \ The trees have breathed it \ All before
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- 409 reads
The Free Market (Part 2)
The way the sand felt under Christian’s feet, fine and warm and clean; the way it moulded to the impact of his heels, the balls of his feet, the...
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The Free Market (Part 1)
A clothed orgy every morning. Hell. Zone 1. If Picasso painted bodily odours… Christian Weaver enlivened his morning commute by inventing USPs —...
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- 706 reads
Happy
His shadow fits him perfectly: shadow bike and shadow boy, seamlessly stitched to wheels rolling over Wimbledon common. Spoking backwards, monochrome...
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- 1678 reads