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I have 127 stories published in 10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 109106 times and 125 of my stories have been cherry picked.
22 of my 199 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 22 votes

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Christopher Caldwell

I consider myself a family-oriented person even though I have chosen to live away from them including my two sons. I struggle with this self-imposed choice. I try to understand and express the often unseen threads that connect people, places, and moments in time. Brought up in the South East of England, to parents who are both half-Scottish, father half-Australian (whatever that means) and mother half-Burmese, I have lived in London, Barcelona and various places in France where I have now settled - in a small village on the banks of the Loire.

My stories

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Ken Market

Kensington Market used to sit at 49–53 Kensington High Street, a three-storey indoor maze of stalls and dreams. Between the ages of 16 and 18—1988 to...
Cherry

Burma under occupation

In April 1942, my uncle Eddie was seven years old. His father, my grandfather Archibald, was the superintendent of stores with the Burma Oil Company...

The Shellsuit

All my adult life, I’ve carried a complicated relationship with my father. At first, I thought the solution was distance—emotional, then physical. I...
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Cherry

Collateral

Detective Leon Mercier had been deep undercover for almost a decade. So deep that sometimes he forgot who he was supposed to be. He lived a life...
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Théodore Géricault's "The Raft of the Medusa"

He stands before La Balsa de la Medusa in the Louvre, motionless, arms hanging limp at his sides, as if the painting itself has robbed him of the...
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22 of my comments have received 22 Great Feedback votes

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Appreciated

Posted on Thu, 28 Nov 2024

Thank you, feels strange to be bearing all and not hiding behind ideas and jokes and I appreciate this is not a therapy forum, but there's still some worth I think in remembering someone publicly, even if those you're sharing with had no idea of...

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Posted in Adam Hopkins September 1939 - November 2024

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It was such an easy read.

Posted on Mon, 18 Nov 2024

It was such an easy read. From the first sentence, I was in your world and got quite upset with the forgiving nature of your narrator and her terrible but probably all-too-common situation. I have always been freaked out by Punch and Judy, never...

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Posted in Cricks Crocodile

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Honoured. Seems I score

Posted on Mon, 20 Jan 2025

Honoured. Seems I score better with comedy, which has always been the case, though I strive to be a serious intellectual. The other night, I had a dream that I was trying very hard to impress someone - could have been an attractive woman or...

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Posted in Jacques and Basil

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absolutely

Posted on Tue, 07 Jan 2025

We have all done things that we shouldn't have, and if you disagree with that then you probably haven't got much of a conscience. I am bothered by the possibility that writing stuff like this comes across as too 'preachy' though. A little pious....

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Posted in Hard Pressed

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The commercialisation of

Posted on Tue, 10 Dec 2024

The commercialisation of religious holidays often feels out of step with their origins. The Magi, brought gifts that symbolised more than material wealth: gold for kingship, frankincense for divinity, and myrrh for mortality. The gold might have...

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Posted in CHRISTmas is Cancelled. Part Four.

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Being out in the woods has

Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024

Being out in the woods has saved me numerous times. I love the woods. Especially the mossy, brackeny, hilly kind with large rhododendrons and wise old trees. Doesn't matter the weather or time of day, it is always inspiring, reviving and calming...

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Posted in Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024

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Good collection of anatomic

Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2024

Good collection of anatomic maladies. I'd quite like to see an anatomical model with all of those clearly demarcated. Perhaps including the vented spleen and weaver's bottom, blacksmith's lung and of course, one wouldn't want to miss out writer's...

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Posted in The Tale of the Housemaid’s Knee

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The media thrives on hate. I

Posted on Sun, 03 Nov 2024

The media thrives on hate. I see more and more people switching off the news, not owning a TV, not buying papers. I got very depressed last year, mostly to do with all the terrors in the Middle East but not limited to just that. I had a friend...

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Posted in I HATE YOU!

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I'm sure if there is a God She or He will understand.

Posted on Sun, 03 Nov 2024

Surely this God would practise what they preach and offer compassion, and love and turn the other cheek regardless of whatever sins may have been committed. Surely that's the point. No one is born evil and we are all a result of our environment....

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Posted in I HATE YOU!

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I love me a clootie dumpling.

Posted on Sat, 02 Nov 2024

I love me a clootie dumpling.

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Posted in Breast, not Beast

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