rask_balavoine

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I'm Irish, but I've spent most of my life elsewhere - France, India, Malawi, Syria, Algeria ... I'm very particular about my cherries - you can look but you had better not touch.

Right now, I have 53 stories in 2 collections on the site. My stories have been read 11151 times and 47 of my stories have been cherry picked

My Stories

That Naughty Portrait.

Submitted on March 22, 2012 - 19:18 | 197 reads

Just another cafe in Paris?

Submitted on January 15, 2012 - 16:56 | 93 reads

Jack of all trades.

Submitted on January 4, 2012 - 22:18 | 77 reads

New Year's Day, Belfast

Submitted on January 2, 2012 - 10:16 | 129 reads

Moon

Submitted on December 30, 2011 - 22:55 | 83 reads

Lying on rocks in County Galway

Submitted on December 26, 2011 - 00:08 | 112 reads

Messing about near Easkey

Submitted on December 22, 2011 - 03:35 | 86 reads

Trashing the Empire 2 - Chapter Red.

Submitted on December 21, 2011 - 21:58 | 80 reads

Trashing the Empire 1 - Chapter Black.

Submitted on December 17, 2011 - 11:35 | 159 reads

Egged.

Submitted on November 26, 2011 - 22:21 | 83 reads

Happy World Toilet Day!

Submitted on November 19, 2011 - 21:51 | 82 reads

Scapegoats

Submitted on November 18, 2011 - 22:27 | 80 reads

Death under the Jacaranda tree.

Submitted on November 15, 2011 - 00:12 | 174 reads

Death on the streets

Submitted on October 1, 2011 - 11:25 | 111 reads

Sharmet came from Algeria

Submitted on September 24, 2011 - 15:32 | 99 reads

The Nun and the Gardener

Submitted on September 23, 2011 - 11:42 | 147 reads

Sleeping rough, sleeping well.

Submitted on September 22, 2011 - 12:13 | 294 reads

Murder at the Quacking Duck.

Submitted on August 26, 2011 - 14:13 | 280 reads

Delhi and Dostoyevsky (sequel to Birthday on a Train)

Submitted on August 20, 2011 - 23:46 | 210 reads

Stranded outside Sarajevo

Submitted on August 17, 2011 - 01:37 | 223 reads

Frozen moments of a sad and happy life.

Submitted on August 15, 2011 - 20:33 | 266 reads

The scent of evil

Submitted on August 15, 2011 - 12:49 | 110 reads

Hangin about naked in the desert.

Submitted on August 11, 2011 - 21:47 | 345 reads

Trust The Wind

Submitted on August 10, 2011 - 22:21 | 214 reads

Delhi: my inevitable destination.

Submitted on August 10, 2011 - 15:23 | 121 reads

Birthday on a train.

Submitted on August 9, 2011 - 22:19 | 140 reads

Jazz as Therapy

Submitted on August 9, 2011 - 10:11 | 287 reads

Greek Cafe

Submitted on August 8, 2011 - 20:24 | 221 reads

Sex, Flying or Opera?

Submitted on August 6, 2011 - 18:25 | 246 reads

My abscess, my muse.

Submitted on August 3, 2011 - 10:29 | 269 reads

Roses for Keats

Submitted on August 1, 2011 - 03:21 | 331 reads

Kicking some serious ass in the classroom.

Submitted on July 31, 2011 - 06:46 | 159 reads

Daughters are difficult.

Submitted on July 28, 2011 - 18:22 | 290 reads

Mozambique trip: ducking rebels, muggers and malaria.

Submitted on July 26, 2011 - 01:53 | 276 reads

Honestly, I'm not lonely.

Submitted on July 21, 2011 - 19:20 | 294 reads

The unravelling of Ms Mukerjee's sari.

Submitted on July 20, 2011 - 07:00 | 247 reads

Getting married in prison.

Submitted on July 19, 2011 - 06:20 | 260 reads

Leaving part last: Philomene to Perpignan.

Submitted on July 18, 2011 - 15:21 | 258 reads

Leaving part 8: Rainy Night in Paris

Submitted on July 18, 2011 - 06:35 | 248 reads

Leaving part 7: Paris, Oranges and Philomene

Submitted on July 17, 2011 - 14:16 | 233 reads

Leaving part 6: A Desolate Dawn in Paris

Submitted on July 2, 2011 - 05:24 | 252 reads

Leaving part 5: Night of Uncertainty

Submitted on July 1, 2011 - 20:11 | 134 reads

Leaving part 4: Finally to France.

Submitted on July 1, 2011 - 15:17 | 137 reads

Leaving part 3: Shovelling shit in Norwich.

Submitted on July 1, 2011 - 05:29 | 150 reads

Leaving part 2: Sneaking into Scotland.

Submitted on June 30, 2011 - 16:53 | 143 reads

Leaving part 1: Goodbye to Belfast.

Submitted on June 29, 2011 - 21:04 | 231 reads

There's a rock chick sitting on my sofa.

Submitted on February 15, 2011 - 10:58 | 365 reads

Open Air Cinema in the African Bush

Submitted on December 17, 2010 - 20:31 | 346 reads

A Night in the Cells.

Submitted on May 7, 2010 - 21:00 | 361 reads

Blue Moroccan Morning

Submitted on May 7, 2010 - 18:25 | 422 reads

GRACE AND GLORY

Submitted on April 16, 2008 - 19:55 | 309 reads

ARARAT

Submitted on March 29, 2008 - 08:24 | 342 reads

Into the Valley

Submitted on March 26, 2008 - 15:34 | 345 reads