David Kirtley

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Story	You asked, we chose	mcmanaman	4	4 years 1 month ago
Story	The 10 Favourite Sayings Of Mr Alfred Muggins (At This Moment In Time!)	David Kirtley	1	4 years 1 month ago
Story	Strangers on a Street	marandina	15	4 years 1 month ago
Story	Fool To Cry by Mr Alfred Muggins	David Kirtley	4	4 years 2 months ago
Story	Stone Age Taliban Biscuits, From Before The Age Of Sugar! by Alfred N.Muggins	David Kirtley	3	4 years 2 months ago
Story	Sunbed City	mark p	1	4 years 2 months ago
Story	When I was a poet (After David Meltzer)	mark p	1	4 years 2 months ago
Story	The Trooper	mark p	5	4 years 2 months ago
Story	Dystopia?	mark p	1	4 years 2 months ago
Story	Punters	marandina	17	4 years 2 months ago
Story	Saint Patrick's Day (17/3/21) : Part 4 : In Which Mr Muggins Digs An Even Deeper Hole For Himself by Mr A.N.Muggins	David Kirtley	1	4 years 2 months ago
Story	Corona Log Entry- 9/8/21	jxmartin	3	4 years 2 months ago
Story	With or Without You	marandina	31	4 years 2 months ago
Story	There's A New Biscuit In Town! (Called The Taliban Biscuit!) by Alfred N.Muggins	David Kirtley	4	4 years 2 months ago
Story	The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir	drew_gummerson	32	4 years 2 months ago
Story	Twin Towers	luigi_pagano	12	4 years 2 months ago
Story	9/11/01- A Buffalo Remembrance	jxmartin	4	4 years 2 months ago
Story	Saint Patrick's Day (17/3/21) : Part 3 by Mr A.N.Muggins	David Kirtley	6	4 years 2 months ago
Story	Abandon City (Abandon Country!) by A.N.Muggins	David Kirtley	1	4 years 2 months ago
Story	What Does Taliban Mean Dad? (Another Probably Not Very Funny Joke! In The Circumstances!) by Alfred Muggins	David Kirtley	1	4 years 3 months ago
Story	Corona Log Entry - August 20, 2021	jxmartin	6	4 years 3 months ago
Story	Kabul Airport	marandina	22	4 years 3 months ago
Story	Back to Square One	luigi_pagano	6	4 years 3 months ago
Story	World Burning Down (Turkey and Greece, California and Oregon, and Afghanistan!) by Alfred N.Muggins	David Kirtley	3	4 years 3 months ago
Story	A Short, Dark Season (extract)	Elegantfowl	7	4 years 3 months ago

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The Turkish Turtles of Turtle Beach by A.N.Muggins

By David Kirtley on Sun, 01 Jan 2023

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(Based on events during the Mudbath excursion near Marmaris in Turkey of May 2022) Written 18/7/22 The Turkish Turtles of Turtle Beach, in the...

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Mudbath! (The Ultimate Day Trip Of All Possible Day Trips!) by Alfred N. Muggins (from his recent holiday in Marmaris, Turkey!) Part 3

By David Kirtley on Mon, 19 Dec 2022

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(The events and feelings described here actually occurred in May 2022) 16/7/22 Winding through the streets of Marmaris in the minibus, a couple of...

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Mudbath! (The Ultimate Day Trip Of All Possible Day Trips!) by Alfred N. Muggins (from his recent holiday in Marmaris, Turkey!) Part 2

By David Kirtley on Mon, 05 Dec 2022

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May 2022 (Written 11/7/22) They had been picked up on that fateful morning at the allotted time, about 8.15 if he recalled correctly. This would be...

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Mudbath! (The Ultimate Day Trip Of All Possible Day Trips!) by Alfred N. Muggins (from his recent holiday in Marmaris, Turkey!) Part 1

By David Kirtley on Wed, 30 Nov 2022

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16/5/22 They were told this would be the tour of tours! They would wash in the sacred mud, and presumably, Alfred assumed, they would be rejuvenated...

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Liz had dreams of living in a Tax Free World! Part 3 By Alfred N.Muggins

By David Kirtley on Wed, 23 Nov 2022

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17/10/22 Alfred stumbled over the meaning of ‘Growth’. There was only one way! It was up! Liz had only ever gone upwards before, even if she had had...

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247 of my comments have received 259 Great Feedback votes

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Great piece! You have created

Posted on Fri, 13 Dec 2019

Great piece! You have created your atmosphere of defeat or disenchantment so well.

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Posted in Friday the thirteenth

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You have described the story

Posted on Thu, 05 Dec 2019

You have described the story in a very effective, easy to understand way, which I like. This story appeals to most of us modern minded people, who perhaps partly due to the teachings of Jesus, feel able to make our own choices and do not wish to...

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Posted in Let Him Who Is Without Sin Cast The First Stone.

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I enjoyed this! Very readable

Posted on Thu, 14 Nov 2019

I enjoyed this! Very readable, and I can empathise with its humility and sense of not making too much of a difference. I like the way you create the sense of decline in the disappearing city.

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Posted in When I was a poet (After David Meltzer)

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Well really if the land is

Posted on Fri, 08 Nov 2019

Well really if the land is holy ground, or church land, the police should have the power to move the travellers off. If the law is not able to be enforced then it will be made a mockery of. Hopefully there are places the travellers are allowed to...

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Posted in Two Gods.

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I doubt there are anything

Posted on Fri, 08 Nov 2019

I doubt there are anything like enough policemen and women to police a firework ban. It would be quite ineffective, unless they stop the sale of them?

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Posted in Pets And Fireworks.

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Great piece! The slightly

Posted on Tue, 05 Nov 2019

Great piece! The slightly rambling way you describe events with the unexpected final sign of the cross is very effective!

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Posted in The Tent Of Meeting.

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I enjoyed this and the style

Posted on Fri, 08 Nov 2019

I enjoyed this and the style in which you write it. The natural debate which goes on in the hearts of modern christians when something like this happens! But maybe the congregation is just too easily pushed over?

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Posted in Two Gods.

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