Cherrypicked stories
The Other Woman
200 words.
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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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- 634 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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- 1438 reads
Stephen Hughes
I want him to open up like a patio door
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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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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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- 1217 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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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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- 1065 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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Hello Sailor
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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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- 2154 reads
Track 8: At Home He's a Tourist by Gang of Four
200 words
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- 2185 reads
The Hamster Chronicles
1. Too young to know, we watched the little fluff ball slowly curl up and leave us, bit by bit, putting up a hamster fight, something small but
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- 1281 reads
ASKEW STREET 1940
A personal Dragon.
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on my way to work
This sleeping bundle of marigold in her lap. Is it hers? I mean, she could have rented such a baby for the day. I hear 21 baht is the going rate. Then, you know, maybe
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Hello Ambulance... I've knocked down Scooby Doo!
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- 1387 reads