Angusfolklore
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I have 227 stories published in
8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 364377 times
and 182 of my stories have been cherry picked.
3 of my 136 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 3 votes
My stories
The Border Ballads
Hear, these women singing the pure thread of pain, woven through the landscape where there was no grace but dread and drama, a silver dreaming...
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The December Grass
Under contract, he mows the pristine estate edgings unknowingly, him in the day glo, hood up, head down. No seasonal ho-ho-ho about him (and who can...
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East Coast Scotland (Reflection)
I have spoken with others about the effect of this sea upon us. The North Sea, I mean. Some have given it other names more suited to the surly waves...
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Scottish Bog Body
In the layer below prayer he kneels in odd supplication to something we no longer have words for. (Said in Gaelic, Scots or Norn still means nothing...
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Before Maps Were Made
Before maps were made, no one strayed from straight lines from the cradle to their graves. But everyone knew the old ways. Winter rimed minds and the...
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