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the lost manuscript.
A self-confessed failure at writing. It made it easier if anybody asked, but they never did. Kittiwakes and guillemots were an orchestra for Damien’s...
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Atrocious
The phone rang. I was reading up in a cupboard. In the hallway, at the top of the stairs. It was full of books, and I’ve a lamp and desk, but it...
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After the Wedding.
We arrived tired and late at the hotel. Rush hour traffic on the M8. Tailbacks. Too few petrol stations and endless road blocks scoured what was left...
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the claimant.
That morning, a husband and wife team—physiotherapist and psychologist—shot him a glance in the stairwell. Dr Sim always took the stairs. He knew...
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run-of-the-mill sexual assault.
I guess it was a classic run-of-the-mill sexual assault. I hadn’t thought about it in a long while. Until one of my wife’s friends said something,...
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well, cost is a thing you
Posted on Thu, 26 Feb 2026
well, cost is a thing you choose to give away, like writing for others to read, gratis.
Read full commentPosted in Courtesy Calls: The Better Business Bureau (2)
'management fee' that's a
Posted on Thu, 26 Feb 2026
'management fee' that's a real ball-breaker, but we're so used to it, we look the other way. Great story. But I guess I say that all the time.
Read full commentPosted in Courtesy Calls: The Better Business Bureau (1)
It used to be acceptable to
Posted on Thu, 26 Feb 2026
It used to be acceptable to call 'Tory scum'. 'Reform scum' are sailing on the same boat. Monopolising the ideas of efficiency and fairness. Oh, how the Tories run. To think how the Americans used to come here to find out how to run a health...
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strange vibe, which is good
Posted on Fri, 27 Feb 2026
strange vibe, which is good for once. Like Cardomon Sorbet?
Read full commentPosted in Purple Mountain - Part 3
nice take on IP, and life,
Posted on Sat, 21 Feb 2026
nice take on IP, and life, generally.
Read full commentPosted in Recipe for My Daughter
aye. could happen. did happen
Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2026
aye. could happen. did happen. maybe.
Read full commentPosted in His Running Top
new world order sounds
Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2026
new world order sounds remarkably like the old.
Read full commentPosted in Welcome to the New World (with musical accompaniment!)
too soft for the contest. too
Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2026
too soft for the contest. too bright to care.
Read full commentPosted in Shadow Boxers in A Back Street
I hope the grimmoire insn't
Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2026
I hope the grimmoire insn't in Brummie or we're all fucked?
Read full commentPosted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (10)
Not a cat and dog kind of
Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2026
Not a cat and dog kind of story, but reminds me of some loch ness longings. But it might just have been a tea-towel I owned.
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