celticman
Primary tabs
I have 1210 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3460999 times
and 1242 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1858 of my 16,029 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1912 votes
My stories
Borrowed time
Let go of the week Let go of the work And find yourself alone Free of judgement An epiphany of reflection Mostly self-serving deflections Letting go...
- Read more about Borrowed time
- 10 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 373 reads
Boomtown
Podge clutched at the soft fitting on the chair and it helped pull himself upright. Glanced at the pints and tumblers on their table and lifted a...
- Read more about Boomtown
- 6 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 322 reads
Head scratching.
The One Who Must Choose In some traditions (Norse, Slavic, Celtic), fate is flexible. The naked dreamer stands at a crossroads, exposed but empowered...
- Read more about Head scratching.
- 14 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 847 reads
McCann case 5
She tugged the high-viz a little over her big belly as they walked back. A rattle in his throat. He dropped back a step, holding a hand up to show he...
- Read more about McCann case 5
- 7 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 685 reads
McCann case 4
He was close enough to the other workers to be part of the huddled group of smoker, but far enough away not to get involved. Non-smokers stumbled...
- Read more about McCann case 4
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 326 reads
Lovely, he's not done.
Posted on Sat, 04 Apr 2026
Lovely, he's not done. Neither am I or think I'm not, but maybe.
Read full commentPosted in Since April
not all cats get to heaven? I
Posted on Fri, 03 Apr 2026
not all cats get to heaven? I guess that's fair. If I make the cut I hope not to meet Jordan Peterson or Donald J. Trump.
Read full commentPosted in Things that he took to the Afterlife
great stuff. I almost know
Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2026
great stuff. I almost know who done it. But what I'm not quite sure.
Read full commentPosted in Penny's Pass The Story - Part 8.
'Buddy can you spare a dime'
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
'Buddy can you spare a dime' was that call to recognise what was and is the rabid relations of class warfare. We lost. I'm a fan of Germinal too. Zola at his best.
Read full commentPosted in A Hungry Bear Doesn’t Dance
You've added to the moral
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2026
You've added to the moral turpitude. I'm not sure how to spell it, or what that means. Whatever it is, I like it.
Read full commentPosted in Penny’s Pass the Story - Part Four
'He’d followed up on a
Posted on Tue, 17 Mar 2026
'He’d followed up on a routine call from Hawthorne Elementary. An older man.' This bit is meant to signal a flashback.
Sherrif Milton remembering how he met Snoddy.
The previous paragraph eases the reader into the flashback. '...
Read full commentPosted in 'Penny’s Pass the Parcel’ Part 2
I guess we all do, some more
Posted on Tue, 10 Feb 2026
I guess we all do, some more readily than others.
Read full commentPosted in I Go My Own Way
thanks TJ and Vera and Insert
Posted on Wed, 10 Dec 2025
thanks TJ and Vera and Insert and Turlough as you know without readers, we don't really exist.
Read full commentPosted in R&D 5
Whatever the question was,
Posted on Wed, 05 Nov 2025
Whatever the question was, the answer is absolutely. I'm no music man. I don't know any of those artists. But Bloody Mother Fucking Arsehole. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely.
Read full commentPosted in Calling All Angels
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.
Read full commentPosted in You are surprised as a published writer…
Pages