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I have 57 stories published in
8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 49135 times
and 34 of my stories have been cherry picked.
My stories
Beached Whale
"Sixty-six feet from snout to flukes, the coastguard said. As if that was all it was - something reducible to human proportion. A scale more possible to comprehend: the length of eleven men laid end to end. Dead.
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- 791 reads
P.S.
Afterwards, on grief's ebb, I sorted her things into sacks. In a back pocket of her weekend jeans, on a store receipt, was a list she'd written the day she found out: tickets rubbers
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1. Lights up...
Alright, then. No more excuses. Everything else is done now. The stuff's cleared away from breakfast. My pants and socks are soaking in the sink. I've had a bowel movement and a wash, sprayed my armpits, changed my t-shirt. The computer's on and I've dumped Solitaire, Minesweeper and Pinball off the hard drive. There, on the desk beside the keyboard, sits my fuel supply: a fresh can of Tennant's, some ready-made rollies, a packet of plain chocolate Hob-Nobs.
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Sealwatching
We got close that near-perfect morning - the distance between us across the deck of the boat. (a mile from shore - far enough from sight) Stepping onto the sandbank, I offered my hand - but you
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Incidentally...
....I didn't tell you when you returned and I said I'd missed you, (which, in a certain way, was true), I didn't tell you (it might have upset you, or made you misunderstand - as sometimes
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