Cherrypicked stories
Banshee Blues
We walked by the river in the green of our sun, we bathed in dry leaves beneath the red of our sun, you left me bone cold with my senses undone. You...
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Broken Things
She left with my fractured soul And in its place an empty hole Nothing left for which to amount Only my tragic account My fragile heart was left...
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CC 67: Woodland Mother
Cuchullain's Castle 67
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Play Dead
From the moment he entered the room and closed the door behind him his life, as he knew it, was over. There was no going back. Not now. He surveyed...
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The Animal in Me
The Dog in me lies curled into an embryo sleep stolen bathed in an unattended duvet, twitching legs and tail. Dreams of infinite scent marks, reading...
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Empty Hands
I have nothing in my hands There is no one in my grip Nor is there anyone to caress They simply remain clenched As if they are eager to clasp And...
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the war to end all wars
In a world of mud, colour was a low deceit and became his eyes, his legs and his feet tapping out messages to his body in the trenches. Bright...
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Something's Wrong!
She’d woken at 2am feeling scared and apprehensive. She lay there just staring at the ceiling almost too terrified to move. An hour later and she...
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Red Black Green
Red Black Green Red for the blood as it bloomed, as it ran, Black for the bullet holes, shrapnel and bangs, Green for the hope that life might carry...
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The Crack in Everything
For Leonard, RIP. Thanks for the title, which is/are just some of the wonderful words you wrote.
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A Universe between Twilights
In sweeps the light: Now, resting momentarily On your dipped shoulder; Decanting through glass Its butterscotch beams Sliding over the base of your...
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Downpour(II:2) The Lost Explorer
2. The Lost Explorer Paul Mansen sat down at the table across from him. He looked exactly the same as he had on the last episode before his...
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The Story Inspectors Problem
One morning, I was woken early by an official-sounding knocking on my back door. I quickly dressed and rushed downstairs, to find two official-...
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Autobiography - To Revolution Singing
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The Census Problem
One morning I was woken early by an official-sounding knocking on my back door. I quickly dressed and rushed downstairs, to find two official-looking...
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A Crime Well Done
A Crime Well Done Riverton, SC July 22, 2010 My mindset is that of a man of thirty-five years. I credit this phenomenon to an abundance of curiosity...
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Do you?
Work from the Hollie McNish workshop at the Reading Literature Festival yesterday. Saw Hollie perform afterwards. She was awesome.
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A New King To Rule Them All
I came to conquer, and I conquered all, Took the crown I’d wanted all along, Put it on and danced into town, My extensive family all around me. * I...
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A Miracle in Villablanco
An old story, in more ways than one...
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If Clapton Played the Banjo
a little odd, but then so is the world
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