Cherrypicked stories
City of Chances
Friday night and the streets of Central London are saturated with the heavy scent of perfumed rain.I'm tired and lashed with the kind of British...
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- 1855 reads
Heavy
Heavy I've got a weight of fears Resting on my shoulders I've got a bag of childhood dreams Weighing me down now that I'm older I've got pressure...
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- 1408 reads
Woman's Fear
A Woman's Fear When we were on vacation in San Francisco a dirty woman covered with many layers of sweatshirts, so many layers that she appeared...
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- 535 reads
Oyster Lovers
Eating oysters at Borough Market (resubmitted after change to weird formatting)
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- 790 reads
Ecstacy Evenings
Too much of Mr. Ginsberg, too many Friday nights at The Junction
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- 1049 reads
Monday 14th April 1997
I miss my father. Tonight I noticed his old Royal Marine trunk in his wardrobe and when I opened it, it was like lifting the lid on the past. It's...
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- 858 reads
Love hurts
Can anyone think of a better title&;#063;
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- 686 reads
The Grand Two Bit Ballroom
I dropped the invitation on the floor beside my chair. I had examined it carefully every evening for nine days. It was getting dirty from the floor...
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- 1856 reads
Web (Charlotte's)
My encounter with an autisic child leaves me humbled.
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- 784 reads
Flinch
"Would you let it inside your head&;#063;"
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- 761 reads
Sacramento
My sister and I could not be put down on the afternoon in 1978 when our parents took us to visit our great aunt at a retirement community in...
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- 640 reads
Koh Lipe
Wearily, smilingly, your dusty hands pass me another lychee and rest back on your feet. You take another sip of your Chang. This is a
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- 1288 reads
Misunderstanding
After the discovery of bomb-making materials at a nearby bar, the friendly bartender who is also our neighbor was taken in for questioning and held...
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- 650 reads
False Universal
A man from Fort Greene was interviewed today for your position. He is an excellent candidate. He told me he liked the idea of working here and, as he...
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- 657 reads
Exclusion
The court documents revealed that throughout the trial the defendant, a prominent historian at the University of Minnesota, had fixated on the slang...
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- 659 reads
Wardour Street
Soho streets , strewn with prayer.
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- 1881 reads
Oracle at the Adelphi
A somewhat supernatural story based on incidents from my boyhood in Ireland
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- 1129 reads
Two trees
A joyful moment in my new home
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- 1415 reads