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My stories have been read 3299613 times
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1810 of my 15,882 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1859 votes
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McCann2
Fresh air in The Jolly Jack was for those locals in long coats with their backs to the door. Barry Ryan sneaked a quick look at he pushed through the...
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The McCann Case.
He remembered the first time he’d met Ryan. Full of talk about ‘systemic change’ and ‘empowerment’. All that shite about class warfare and the masses...
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'Penny’s Pass the Parcel’ Part 2
Sheriff Milton eased his cruiser to a stop, the tyres crunching on the gravel of Amos Snodgrass's driveway. The yellow crime tape fluttered in the...
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awaiting
She nipped out to the Co-op. It was cold out, but she didn’t have a jacket because she didn’t think she’d need a jacket because she wouldn’t be that...
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Python
Mrs Helen Sattar, the Community Member of the Parole Panel listens. Writes messages to herself, but until now remains silent. ‘How do you feel about...
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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…
AI is a worry, among others.
Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025
AI is a worry, among others. Poetry may be the answer.
Read full commentPosted in Perverse Future
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
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