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I have 1179 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2513925 times and 1205 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Steelie 20

A minor-key waltz floated in the ether and then disappeared into the screeching metal of an overhead train on the train bridge near Zoologischer...
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Steelie 19

The boy was growing tired. Von Stehle could see it in the way his head lagged to one side and the way he no longer caressed the material like he was...
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Steelie 18

Von Stehle finds himself whispering too. ‘What kind of help?’ ‘The usual kind of help a woman in my position needs.’ Brittleness and bitterness in...
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The Thin Line.

He cut another line. So thin, it was more burn than sweet. He adjusted his collar, itchy with sweat and straightened his black tie. The toilet stall...
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Steelie 17

Von Stehle breathes the sooty air, which carries the coldness of the Alps. He considers how to answer the boy in a way in which he might understand...
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1650 of my comments have received 1682 Great Feedback votes

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ah, superpowers. I'd love one

Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024

ah, superpowers. I'd love one, but the price is too high. 

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Posted in A hundred moments in autism - A trip to the cinema

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I used to get hot flushes

Posted on Thu, 28 Mar 2024

I used to get hot flushes when I tried to talk to any beautiful girls I'd been at school with. I used the 15 pints and I was ready to roar, rather than the Erazofuge. As I got older I tried cutting down to a reasonable 12 pints. But I had to up...

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Posted in Erazofuge

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tragic, like you I don't have

Posted on Sat, 01 Dec 2018

tragic, like you I don't have an answer. Poverty, not morals is the key. We use the latter as a scapegoat, a standared practice by, for example, Jenhovah Witnesses to get a foot in the door, is to say how much worse the world is getting. They've...

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Posted in When Death Comes Too Soon

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you've got the malignancy and

Posted on Sat, 07 Jun 2025

you've got the malignancy and sense of being right when there can be no wrong that is not other-- to a tea-- this mirrors Trump's America. 

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Posted in Wellesian

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AI is a worry, among others.

Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025

AI is a worry, among others. Poetry may be the answer. 

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Posted in Perverse Future

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The love robot rivals and now

Posted on Fri, 18 Apr 2025

The love robot rivals and now Cedric has a screw loose (metaphorically) of course. 

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 58

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wow. exactly. I once gave a

Posted on Tue, 18 Feb 2025

wow. exactly. I once gave a talk and one of my lines were: Everybody was allowed to hit you. And they'd think of a good reason for it later. 

Aye.  

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Posted in A series of horses decreasing in size

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cybermates, Spencer and

Posted on Fri, 10 Jan 2025

cybermates, Spencer and tweezers. It's all gadgets going. 

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 47

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aha. Spencer reaps revenge

Posted on Thu, 02 Jan 2025

aha. Spencer reaps revenge for his bad wiring! We need some scary music. Dddddddddddddddddddd.

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 46

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great stuff. good definitions

Posted on Fri, 04 Oct 2024

great stuff. good definitions of sheep singular and plural. They replaced people in large parts of the Highlands and Island, while not being very large. My guess is Spencer and his ilk will do the same with us. 

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Posted in Parcel for you....Part 36

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