Cherrypicked stories
My heart is a DJ
This is when you fall in lust and your heart beats to a new tempo, often not your own and then you realise that maybe at this time you really can't move to that rhythm so you have to stop.
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- 501 reads
The Salon At The Pinnacle Of Man
Relax. You will recognise him by his haircut. The razor slipped and there was a sound like the door of a tomb sliding back. Most great discoveries are accidents.
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Page 200 from a novel you have not read
The 200th page from a novel that doesn't exist
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THE GIRL WHOSE CAKES TOLD SECRETS
This is a story about a girl, some very strange cakes and a notebook full of secrets.
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- 1261 reads
Nostalgia in Bloom
poem
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THE BOY AND THE INCREDIBLE PIGEON POSTMAN
When Jem finds a pigeon in his breakfast cereal his life will never be the same again...
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- 1083 reads
Mouseology
Mouseology Mouseology is the study of tiny things cooking pancakes perfectly with the sous chef earnestly grating cheese carrying lunch to her sprawling brother conspiritorial with adult elan
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The Poet In The Twenty-First Century
The poet today...
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Skins
We grease in bed for hours- 11 episodes of Skins Punctuated by flicking crumbs Off my pigeon chest. At 12.12, We try out our worst insults: 'You are not even an echo
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Steering the Conversation
communicate
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The Oxford Hunt
A chase through foxed pages
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The House That Frank Built
...inherent responsibilities...
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The Buddha and the Call Centre
Starting a new job at the Real People Customer First call centre in Glasgow, the narrator meets the Buddha who is playing Patience on his computer.
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- 1772 reads
Another Chardonnay
heating the marble...
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Always around the corner.
Rather a long story. Approx 4000 words.
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It Was An Average Week
My whole city sent me branches when, on Monday I thought I was missing out on the Poplars dangling their new earrings. No one crossed the yellow line on Tuesday when I was late by minutes
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- 883 reads
Notes From the Archbishop
They would not allow these eyes to see her burn My youth demanding reticence and tact But from my bedroom window there did turn The scent of lavender to choking ash
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- 504 reads
If you peeled my skin off I'd be smiling
There are gaps where our bones don't meet and it's cold but we're both grinning and we don't know how to stop.
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The Proof: Chapter 6
The next morning, Miss Thomas went to work with a hangover. She hadn't intended to drink that much, not on a school night, but eating dinner with her friends always had a tendency to get out of hand.
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The Proof: Chapter 4
On a muggy day early in summer, two orange butterflies were chasing each other around in circles.
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With no one to impress I'm lost
Add it to the list of things I've ruined through analysis. I will never watch Saddam swing lightheartedly again.
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Soft-soled shoes
There’s a voice on the intercom informing whoever’s listening “response levels are low”- he sounds clinical, like he could be talking about a machine.
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Drew’s Pile
Drew's got problems... big problems!
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The Importance of Gestures
Pissmop has been brought back from the dead and this time he's a twinkly eyed, silver fox. I never saw the man he grew into but I can guess he was nothing like this.
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In His Image
This is a short story about how children can be influenced by their parents. 730 words.
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The Proof: Chapter 3
Nine months and eleven days later, Kate gave birth to a baby boy.
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The Proof: Chapter 2
The couple who lived next door were called Kate and Jeremy Hapgood. They were young, in their twenties, and they often interrupted their neighbours' sleep.
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Four Corners
I never could make up my mind if I like the States or not.
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The Long Mile Home
24 hours. One day. One lifetime.
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The Punch Line.
Did you hear the one about the middle-aged joke writer?
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Fox Hunting
Work in progress
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Anecdotage
My, I'm in a bad mood today
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Theatre
The mists draw back like curtains to reveal the theatre of morning. You appear, centre stage, and lead the children by the hand down to the sea of adventures. I sit, in the stalls,
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I'm not cool enough to be in your band
a gram of drum and bass
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Miss Tempest Thinks
mouths the words 'There is a storm coming'
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I've got a good game going on up here
tanoys apologise to people missing meetings
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"marry in dark" - a string haiku
a string haiku
About working in an office
You won’t find the filing cabinets under your desks they’re on the roof, comment edited with bird shit and ash, and I can tell you my forearms pulsed with the grey weight of maths.
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