brighteyes
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I have 257 stories published in
13 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 228070 times
and 66 of my stories have been cherry picked.
My stories
Herstory
"Tell me about Davina," says Carly. I sit five minutes lke a corpse. She asks again. "You can tell me. It's OK." Her voice is a scarf. I begin. "She's blonde. Wait - sometimes
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- 562 reads
Magicians
Come on in. Nurse it here. Athletic legs clop dressage around your chair. Pick one, any. You get to ask each a question first. Then you give over to whatever tricks they've stowed.
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- 583 reads
I am a humbug
It jumps you on the way home, holds on, tells you it's going GNNNFF to kill you, then is gone. The penny drops. I'm a fraud. You start to question everything, from why NOT murder? to whether,
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- 544 reads
A heart-rending account
He's still warm when I return from my shower. I comb my hair and scuff cells from the smothering pillow. He jitters posthumously as I open his chest and truffle about
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- 666 reads
The compassionate surgeon
He lays you down, brings you toffee and rum, not tapioca and tap water, or vegetable oil-based orange. He listens to your pulse with his whole head, tells you it's OK, brings you