Cherrypicked stories
Mudlarks
You can't revisit a river
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Sometimes the brightest star burns out quicker
A poem I wrote during a burnout phase last year. Originally posted on Medium, but I felt it would work better here. :)
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On the Wind
Gordon Baker was walking home after a very long day, a dry day in which he’d agonised over figures, the measly budget he’d been given, trying to...
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A hundred moments in autism - The job interview
Job interviews are not a great place for an autist to find themselves. Read any guide on how to do a good job interview and they will stress the...
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My Preferred Pronoun is 'Khaleesi'
I have figured it out. The rage. It wasn’t just fatigue from being ill, it’s not just mental malaise from the doom-news. It’s not the post-shingles...
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Parcel for you...Part 35
There was a fresh quietude in the house with Annie gone, despite spending much of her time at her father’s house during the final weeks of her visit...
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A hundred moments in autism - A good place to dump a Terrence
Place. Place is important to autists. There are places we feel immediately uncomfortable - noise, lights, structure, people, something nothing...
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INSECT!
This was our first sign of the year in descent. I normally didn’t keep up with the date. It was in my head though because of the Berrills. The other...
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My Day At The Beach
The way down the rocky coastal path was so familiar to me as though I had only walked down here just yesterday. In reality it had been 27 years since...
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"In the Velvet Darkness of the Blackest Night"
Shingles sucks, and you can’t even have chocolate. I re-started 300 words (and chocolate, obviously) about three weeks ago, but realised I still wasn...
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Visible signs of the invisible
I heard the loose guttering shake, and I heard (not really awake) the tree branches creak and the garden gate squeak: so I knew that the wind was...
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Unleashed
This is the fourteenth entry in the satirical series at https://www.abctales.com/collection/pandemic-tales-bojo-and-co Unleashed The planet looked as...
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Psychro Killer: Epilogue
It was late, and the night sky stretched endlessly over the mountains, the stars hanging low like witnesses to the unfolding tragedy below. The wind...
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Psychro Killer: Chapter 19 - Resolution?
The reunion between Helena, Yannis, and Niko wasn’t the cathartic, tear-filled scene Niko might have imagined, or maybe even hoped for. There were...
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Psychro Killer: Chapter 18 - The Envelope
When Niko finally finds the strength to call his mother, his heart pounds in his chest. It had been months since they last spoke. Since arriving in...
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Tom Tom Turnaround (2)
"Wait 'til his dad gets home," nan said. "He'll have something to say." ... Those were the words that scared him more than any. More than the...
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Psychro Killer: Chapter 17 - Return
As Niko limped back towards Psychro, his heart beat with a strange mixture of dread and exhilaration. Hestia and Stamatios walked quietly beside him...
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Psychro Killer: Chapter 16 - Truth at last
Niko lay in the small shack, the rough-hewn walls creaking faintly in the wind. The dim light from the one window allowed thin shafts of sunshine to...
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Psychro Killer: Chapter 15 - The Ravine
Niko tried to focus on the path ahead, but his body was staging a rebellion. His shoes—if they could still be called that—flapped pathetically...
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A hundred moments in autism - I am Blair-proof
Labour Party Conference Bournemouth 2003. The Labour government under Tony Blair is facing crisis over his support for George Bush’s war in Iraq. I...
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