Cherrypicked stories

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Beyond

Tribute to a my friend who died when we were 14.
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No surrender

Weakly, I wave a white flag
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prelude

dancing around the same space...
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"Just call me Ruth" - biography of a modern politician

Biography of a friend, a dedicated politician and daughter of refugees. "Just call me Ruth" is an appreciation of a woman to be admired.
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THE ARCHIVIST

When a crime is committed, what happens to the evidence that got away, the evidence the perpetrator has succesfully hidden away?
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Glastonbury - There Are No Proper Shops

It would not be misplaced to have the town’s border sign stating: ‘Abandon hope some of ye who enter here’ -
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A story left untold.

They all tell me I look like her, just like her they say. She was a stunner in the day, so they tell me. She had the finest hair, the prettiest eyes, and the softest lips.
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Tables and Chairs

with reference to real events
Story of the week

City

This city is a monster; you have to shut your eyes and draw your curtains if you want to survive here. A boy on the cusp of adulthood undergoes a transition walking through central London at night.
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Let´s

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Hear No Evil (I.P.)

The workmen couldn't get on her nerves no more.
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A Silent World

INSPIRATION POINT 15.01.10
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GLASS ANGEL

In the evening glow a stained glass angel gazed down at the naked form of Stanley Bell, who lay spread-eagled and unconscious, on the vestry cot below.
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Happy Divorce Day!

Who am I to shake the tree?
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Surpass the end

Chip shop fumes reach out like flailing tendrils, Make contact and climb up my nostrils Smells etched onto clothes, the Freshness abated, as I waited for the Cycle to end.
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What is Poetry?

I don´t bloody know!
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The Parcel

This short story was a winner of the Gifted and Talented Youth creative writing competition in 2007, on the theme of The Greatest Gift.
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Daisy Chains

This poem came runner up in the Oxford Brookes Poetry Prize in 2008 in the Connecting category.
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Ruth1

see where it goes...

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