Cherrypicked stories
12. Forgotten how to feel sober
Inny gets an outing, and it would appear the Greg is coming out too.
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The Cutting-Room
The cutting-room is a tiny cramped space between four grey walls. The air tastes of dust, of the scent of other people’s skin.
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Celebrantë - Part One
A tale of wonder. Some explicit content.
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The Red Glow
A stab at a weird sort of horror story (emphasis on the weird).
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Moving On
It was to be the last afternoon of her life. She sensed it... as she had once sensed new life in her body at the conception of her daughter.
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Quiet
There was a man once, who lived far away from everyone else. He lived in a house in the middle of a field, which was surrounded by forest.
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To the New Year
A 'sequel' to the story, A Toast, from the collection of tales with a twist: Hidden and Other Stories
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Remembering.
A monologue about grief.
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To an ideally beautiful girl 1
First of two sonnets to an unbelievably beautiful (but, alas, rather stupid) girl I met some time ago.
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Pebbles
Should we explain poetry? Discuss.
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The Coming of Age. June. Part 1.
Jessica has a birthday weekend in Dublin.
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Odysseus
Dawn breaks through the window of My eyes and neurons, and my pen Can barely hold the furious shove Of light’s invaders, fierce like men. I add another to the suns In my portfolio of sky,
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Castle In The Clouds, Chapters 27 & 28
Chapter Twenty Seven
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THE DISAPPOINTING DEATH OF JIMMY JONES (I.P.)
With Apologies to Tony Cook, in answering this weeks Inspiration Point I have taken a sizable, and very deliberate, liberty with his favourite maxim.
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Chapter 11 – The New Moon at the Half Moon
Delphine comes clean - quite literally
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Jerry Haze
Jerry Haze had been privileged with an awe inspiring career. He fondly remembered his first 1989 UK hit: ‘Trample On My Dreams’ that sent him hurtling into stardom.
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Saving Gracie (I.P.)
A saint, they called him, and to some, he was...
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