Cherrypicked stories
2004: My Aunty (Nan)
Past event
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- 1227 reads
I don't want to hate Scunthorpe
When I drive past the steelworks I put my middle finger in the air and wave it like a windscreen wiper. I don't want to hate Scunthorpe there are...
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- 1451 reads
Why Are All The Best Guys Gay?
No one of any sexual orientation was harmed during the writing of this piece, but it can easily be arranged ...
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- 1212 reads
The Art Of Not Being Desired
Can you continue to blame others?
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- 1774 reads
ferry building
The first time I saw the ferry building we'd been travelling eleven hours to see the island where we thought we might live together for the first...
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- 1245 reads
Northern Soul
My first real boyfriend was called Ricky. He was short, about 5'7" - back then I had no problem with short men. He had the most exquisite green eyes...
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- 737 reads
Red Mohair
I was at a junction turning right today when I saw her. Fumbling with a magazine on the passenger seat, trying to get a free CD off the cover, half...
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- 684 reads
glass walls
The girl across the street looks good in those sunglasses; you wouldn't know she was wearing them to cover a black eye.
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- 777 reads
Bufford the Boxing Hound
A story about a boxing hound from the Ozarks
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- 956 reads
Bells and Other Sorrows, I
A love story in several parts. For MC, wherever you are.
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- 1275 reads
Lovebirds
A love story in Mizzenwood. Her name was Deborah
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- 602 reads
Floating Brain
Good morning, class.
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- 1053 reads
Bells and Other Sorrows, III
The second departure
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- 1202 reads
He's too clever by half
Mam has taken the kids on holiday with the polls win - but what will Dad do with the rest?
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- 1096 reads
The Vigil
A little vampire story of a different kind!
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- 829 reads
What's Urdu for diarrhoea?
A holiday to Pakistan six years ago
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- 1784 reads
Damage
Damage needs gentle handling; drop them and they'll splatter, not bounce but don't overlook the shelf; there are good things to be found among the...
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- 1367 reads
Zap - YOU CAN DO MAGIC
Poem!
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- 1058 reads