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Seven Nights in the Flamingo Hotel
At five o’clock in the morning you are woken by the sounds of the couple in the next room arguing and this surprises you because the previous night...
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Palestine
1. God is dead Myron comes home and takes off his, ‘God is Dead’, sandwich board.
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Zola Budd and Big Books
I am Zola Budd or an aspiring bum. Remember her, when they did get her in spikes you didn’t know if you were watching track and field or a remixed edition of Death Race 2000.
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Sitges, Sitges, Sitges
So said the barwoman of the hotel terrace bar. We we looking down on the church, at a green laser light playing on the ground. It was nothing really, like something a kid would have.
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How I Write
I try and write every day although this is not always possible.
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I never knew him and now I
Posted on Thu, 25 Mar 2021
I never knew him and now I miss him.
Read full commentPosted in The Last Time I Saw Fungie (2005)
It feels full of hope! Love
Posted on Tue, 16 Mar 2021
It feels full of hope! Love it.
Read full commentPosted in Vernal Equinox
Ok. So, I like what happens
Posted on Fri, 05 Mar 2021
Ok. So, I like what happens within the story. Getting up to the window is too long. He needs to land on his arse quicker. So I'd cut some there. The monologue about his woes is too long. The speech back and forth between them is excellent. I'd...
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I love its simplicity, that
Posted on Mon, 01 Mar 2021
I love its simplicity, that of a single moment. But it's so moving.
Read full commentPosted in Hand Washing, Glasgow Central
I loved it. Was there in 1991
Posted on Wed, 03 Mar 2021
I loved it. Was there in 1991. I was a student. And in Milwaukee. As per Flamingo Hotel. It's all true! (Well, not quite.)
Read full commentPosted in New Amsterdam
It's great.
Posted on Sun, 28 Feb 2021
It's great.
One point of style. After a lot of your direct speech, you have, 'sais' and then a present participle...
'McDade sais, tryin tae sound authoritative'
'Scanlon sais, noddin'
'ah sais, scramblin fur...
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It's lovely. But very sad.
Posted on Wed, 17 Feb 2021
It's lovely. But very sad.
Read full commentPosted in Lyrebird
Great stuff. Glad you got
Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021
Great stuff. Glad you got jabbed. Now you're a red arrow can you loop the loop?
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Really? I can't believe it's
Posted on Tue, 19 Jan 2021
Really? I can't believe it's been that long. You know, it felt really comforting in this horrible current climate to return to something warm and reassuring. Write some more!
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Really enjoyed this passage
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
Really enjoyed this passage to India Paul.
Drew.
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