Cherrypicked stories
One Direction
the taste reminds me of my music teacher's endless, porcelain fingers
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Beside The Seaside
Over the remnants of a fry-up and a marriage, a man assesses his life...
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The naked self
Apologies for repeating myself. Wanted to keep it as a whole and do some tidying.
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The Wrong Coat
notes on memoir.
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The Five Elephants Problem
I was woken at 6.30 a.m. by a hammering on my back door. I dressed quickly and shouted for Alun to come in.
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Confessions of a Schizophrenic
Don't stop at that red light. Walk into the street right now, in front of that speeding car. I dare you.
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Owl And Pussycat
"Right now we've got four pounds thirty six pence between us and utter destitution, and it's a fortnight until pay day. What are we gonna do, Owl?”
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The Muse of Houston Street - Part 2
This ends the two part fantasy. Backhouse sees the light ... a little late as usual. I was tickled pink to see the cherries for part one.
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Lonie 78
end and justice of sorts.
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The Becoming of the Bell
The Amatola’s loss was Cromarty’s gain. The belle of Spanish shipbuilding beached, Grievously wounded in her side; Unable to resist the fierce allure of the rocks,
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Healing (Part Eight)
I was still shaking a week later, not because I had committed another killing but because it was such a horrific one.
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'In the living years' .. Paul Carrack
Have a word with yourself ..
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EarthAirFireWaterEther
Dawn breaks in this small town where it drizzles
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Bow. 1998
Sixteen years old and the face of Audrey Hepburn.
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The Muse of Houston Street Part 1
I wrote this originally in one part. It was obviously much too long for an "internet" short story ... practically a 'novella.' So here it is streamlined and split into two easily digestible parts.
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Odette, c’est ma billet doux...
Odette, c’est ma billet doux, to a girl I once knew when my world was as far as I could see, and love wasn’t clutched between the claws of a Dove its wings clipped
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Faith apart
words on a screen
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George and Spider Part Seven - Spider's Story
'Yes, I want to meet this friend of yours George!' said Winky as he squeezed his broad frame into a long black coat.
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