Cherrypicked stories
A One Night Stand-Up
After hours in Manhattan.
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Cracks
I am a one woman drum: Not in a 'Let's get back To the rhythm Of our wombs' sense God, no - I mean, I crack. The gun-fire Of my spinal chord Has sent grown men cringing.
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- 1293 reads
Chapter 1(ish)
A first bash - sort of first chapter to something... birds, blueberries and someone in a bad way.
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I will never see these people again
wheelying a stolen motorbike
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Weather pattern
..their temperature rises and they easily become locked in a repeating pattern..
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Pilgrims 2 : Miller
worked it out yet?
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Harboil: Part IV
The thing is: all villains reiterate.
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Rhyme of the Drunken Mariners.
The Rhyme of the Drunken Mariners. Are we sitting comfortably? If yes then I’ll begin. To tell a tale so tall and tough your head and tongue will spin. Two sailors sat and sung a song
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The Day I Asked Blake Morrison If He Raced Pigeons
The day I asked Blake Morrison if he raced pigeons, there was a bad vibe in the tiny Goldsmith’s classroom, University of London. There was no air. The windows were shut and the blinds were closed.
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Me and Mickie Proofs
I had an email from the publisher telling me the proofs for ‘Me and Mickie James’ are bac
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Pilgrims 1 : Ritter
Do the right thing.
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Laura Brown
Laura Brown Whoever you fuck on the way to the top Will make you cry when you’ve arrived So this one’s for Laura Brown My first proper girlfriend she had one of those faces
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A Tale of Two Kingdoms
Once upon a time there were two kingdoms, and each had two castles... A long story, but in four easily digestible parts. See if you can guess the twist in the tale.
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- 1897 reads
Intelligent animals
The pigs are happy and we cannot understand why.
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The Betrayal
I ring the doorbell and wait. It’s a moment or two before Helen’s voice crackles onto the intercom, croaky, posh. She buzzes me in and I go through to her flat.
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The River
At a distance I know it's you, even though the shadows on your face fall differently then last I looked upon them. When times were a solid bright white or dark, was when we were at our best.
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Wee
On the first page of ‘The Penguin Variations’ a character has a wee. He is trying to help save the world so he doesn’t flush the toilet. I saw this on a programme on tv.
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End of a Love Affair
How would she survive without him?
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