Cherrypicked stories
Head space
When did the wind gaffer two Stanley knives together to slice me like this? Fingers reddened to clay; but the metaphorical hi-viz and hard hat untouched in the back of the car
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THE CAMEL BOY
A young boy and his camels, endless days in the desert, and the injustice of life. So hopeless is his life that he has even forgotten his name.
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- 2244 reads
CHRISTMAS CALLING
A mixture of old and new with a touch of magic
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- 733 reads
Rib Graft Surgery
Dear Diary, I've decided to write in detail about 3 Major surgeries I've had in my life. The first one I will tell you about is my Rib Graft.
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- 4166 reads
Browsing Through CDs at the Supermarket
This was my second time around the aisles in half an hour and the still empty basket at my side was making me feel conspicuous.
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- 1099 reads
Mouse
Will Mouse befirend Cat? Trust? Betrayal? Very short.
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- 1272 reads
Letters to a Dead Man
I can’t believe I am writing a letter to a dead man. It’s crazy. It’s not like I really knew you.
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- 2175 reads
Mother (or Findus Crispy Pancakes)
Those nights in front of the gas fire with the Mitchells, Dingles, Duckworths. You cooked Findus crispy pancakes and I basked in the warm orange glow, your little superman in spiderman pyjamas.
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- 1524 reads
Champagne, Maybe
I am drunk and they know. I lift my head. A shard of glass sticks out from low in my stomach, catches the lamppost light. It’s a striking image. I should write a song about it.
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- 992 reads
Large Collider
A boy named Hadron
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- 2775 reads
Yesterday, upon the stair
One goes mad in suburbia
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The Long Drop
What's a time travelling alcoholic to do?
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- 1798 reads
I remember ...
The way the wine dribbled down the bottle and you wiped it with your hand – licked your fingers as it drizzled down your chin
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- 3515 reads
Shades of the Horizon
It was a black and white landscape. Black waves brushing the silent beach Where white sand curled around my numb feet. That was the night we chased each other with the waves
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- 1328 reads
Black and White: The Beach
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- 800 reads
Poet, Heal Thyself
The mourners come like bedraggled crows to swarm the casket. I find I have cried for her too many times; my tears are dry, they fall like confetti
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- 4902 reads
Shed With A Hole
A very short story, about sheds and life.
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- 850 reads
Abstraction
The ATM alone is enough to set me off. The angle of the screen is designed to exclude me, I give away crucial numbers with a sweep of my hand.
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- 789 reads