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7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3093802 times
and 1221 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1751 of my 15,888 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1792 votes
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Naming Tree
To know is to name To name is to grow To remember and show To change what we know To connect what we cannot see To create history and language and...
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Rust and Dust 4
The Tink stamped his feet against the cold. Lit a Woodbine. A packet of five from his jacket pocket. Smoked the edge off the day and blew it between...
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Rust and Dust 3
The Tink fell into step beside her. Something in her stirred and unsettled him. And it wasn’t just her beauty or her overpowering perfume. He’d...
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Rust and Dust 2
‘There’s a strange smell in here.’ She paused in the doorway as if to gather it up and make certain. She was small but had that wide-eyed presence...
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Rust and Dust
Scratching the styptic strip from under his double chin and craning his neck, the gaffer stared past the Tink as if trying to catch him out. The...
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I understand your pain.
Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025
I understand your pain. Although, of course, I'm too busy understanding my own pain. I'm reading about contagion and infection rates and mathematical modelling. Books are like that. Well, not mine. Or not yours. But we can only hope.
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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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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.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 58
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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cybermates, Spencer and
Posted on Fri, 10 Jan 2025
cybermates, Spencer and tweezers. It's all gadgets going.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 47
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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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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wonderful storytelling.
Posted on Tue, 24 Sep 2024
wonderful storytelling.
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red, red, and read. There
Posted on Sun, 01 Sep 2024
red, red, and read. There should be rage, but it is hidden in pop-up stories.
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I did have a fight with Marti
Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2024
I did have a fight with Marti Pellow's brother, we called him Kojak, after he tried to lift a few can from our carry out. Love was all arounds us. So the feeling grows.
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