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Upcoming Self-Published Collection: In This Village
Hi all! So, I've been writing here since 2018, when I was 18 years old. I vividly remember picking up a copy of Salems' Lot by Stephen King earlier...
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80,s suburban living room
We were the first family in the street to get a video recorder. Dad knew someone in the dr who appreciation society who got me copies of old episodes...
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Ralph Monkton Lives!

Okay, a bit of cheek, as in not being quite a nonce word, but I may be forgiven for inventing a nonce character, who has at times since come in handy. This is a (mostly) a true story, the facts have only been changed to enhance poetic licence.
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The End - part 2

I am on my final countdown- 6 weeks or less, although I am still feeling pretty good. Two weeks ago I went to the hospital for an MRI scan - and they...
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A Forest
The forest was our playground, trees shutting out the sun for the most part , a hidden wild garden for feral children , a secret Eden far from home...
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Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024

Leaving the road for the slick, clay-swallowed gravel of the footpath, newly scalped of its sodden, rot smelling dark brown felt of last year's...
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A Christmas Rainbow
There was a rainbow monday afternoon there was a rain shower I went outside and there it was. I was surprised I'd only vaguely hoped. The full...
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Why do Zombies Smile
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Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. Nothing new to report on my cancer journey - but I thought you might like to read this poem that...
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Friendly Fire
FRIENDLY FIRE I went for my pre-chemo clinical visit yesterday. I have had a fairly uneventful fortnight, and nothing new to report, except the...
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