Cherrypicked stories
Diary of a Self-Harmer
Today I’ve done something stupid again. I’m lying at the bottom of the stairs and I can hear two teachers saying: “Come on Sheila, stop being silly. Get up now.”
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- 2873 reads
The [weather] Girl
She's a prude to the eye and a whore to the ear.
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- 876 reads
Queen Of Her Savannah
The cat, Plum, died three weeks ago today.
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- 2190 reads
The Swordfish And Shave
The second-hand flicked past the fingers of midnight, the virgin moments of a new day. The 'Swordfish and Shave' was emptying for the
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- 1387 reads
Out of the Ashes
Could it be happening again? Was it possible this baby would die, too?
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- 1299 reads
The Other Woman
200 words.
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- 3244 reads
Movement
She moved briskly through the wintry evening. Every step seeming to crack the frozen ground and threatening to gape open beneath her.
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- 504 reads
Come On, Cocktease
A modern remix of Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress.' Read the original here: http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/marvell/coy.htm
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- 1200 reads
Stephen Hughes
I want him to open up like a patio door
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- 1546 reads
Very Bad with Money
I have been barred from PartyPoker
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As I rounded the corner late summer afternoon at fifty
As I rounded the corner late summer afternoon at fifty I was blowing kisses at the roaring dragons, I was raging my ragged water song.
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- 677 reads
The League of Beggars
The wondrous tale began with the sight of the beggar on the byways of that ancient town.
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- 1034 reads
Jack the Lad
I lay awake in my bed, counting cobwebs on the ceiling; until Jack staggered up to my door and threw it open. “Time to get up,” he grunted. Counting cobwebs must be like counting sheep.
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- 1090 reads
Shame, shame & a lousy nickname
Based on a true story. Title poem from the new collection.
Errata: Eighteenth Episode - Gunishment
Gazing out through the mirrored visor I finally saw the world through the eyes of a City Peace trooper. The suit cut off all peripheral vision. It was just like wearing blinkers.
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- 895 reads
Ancient Gags in Limerick Form
From me, a bit of fun for a change. Your favourite jokes from school converted into that much maligned form: the limerick.
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- 1150 reads
Hello Sailor
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- 625 reads
The Belt
I must have done something to deserve it, I don’t recall. Slouching from the room I’d muttered and mumbled and my father - drained from a business trip - had heard
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- 1802 reads