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I have 1128 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1729149 times and 1136 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1382 of my 14,714 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1417 votes

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Grimms62

By celticman on Mon, 01 May 2017

Jaz tries to erase the memory of the snivelling shadowy self he’d been earlier by tearing into the booze. But Del isn’t hanging about either. They...
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Cherry

Grimms61

By celticman on Wed, 26 Apr 2017

Del scoots in behind the couch and draws the chintz curtains. On the radio, T-Rex and ‘I’m your main man, Telegram Sam-Telegram Sam,’ beats out, in a...
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Cherry

Grimms60

By celticman on Tue, 25 Apr 2017

Karen answers the door tugging the belt of her flowery nightgown tighter, smiling, and giving a little wiggle as Dougie towers over her and ogles the...
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Cherry

Grimms59

By celticman on Fri, 21 Apr 2017

On the day of his dad’s funeral Tony gets himself ready early while the care staff busy themselves having a meeting to decide who is to accompany him...
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Cherry

Grimms58

By celticman on Wed, 19 Apr 2017

Bruno perches on the bed in the muggy heat of his room with his jacket zipped up, and the leather strap of his school bag over his shoulder, waiting...
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1382 of my comments have received 1417 Great Feedback votes

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life is thinking out loud.

Posted on Sun, 22 Jul 2018

life is thinking out loud. and laughing (sometimes). 

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Posted in HERE I SIT

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sometimes we forget how much

Posted on Tue, 03 Jul 2018

sometimes we forget how much we have. pack what you can hold sums up our riches. 

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Posted in Go Now

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you were the lucky ones. you

Posted on Fri, 29 Jun 2018

you were the lucky ones. you had an education. you had choices. the poor schmucks without either, now those boys have my sympathy. But, unfunnily, enough, somebody recently died at 67 and I was thinking that ain't that old. Back in the day that...

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Posted in Class of 1917 Reunion

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yes, hopefully it will always

Posted on Tue, 26 Jun 2018

yes, hopefully it will always be like this, or at least for a while.

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Posted in a break from hoovering

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watch out for cliches, like

Posted on Sun, 03 Jun 2018

watch out for cliches, like 'turned up trumps' (especially with the monstrosity of a Trump that trumps most cliches). wolf and stuck pig. rougher end. gotten so deep. phoney war. most trusted confidantes  

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Posted in Through War & Adversity - Chapter 3 - Part I

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I wanted to know more. Really

Posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2018

I wanted to know more. Really enjjoyed reading it. 

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Posted in Something Hard Inside Him (Part 2)

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slides from metaphor to

Posted on Thu, 12 Apr 2018

slides from metaphor to madness and evil with spring-heeled ease. 

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Posted in Big Cat

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yeh, captures that remebrance

Posted on Sat, 07 Apr 2018

yeh, captures that remebrance of things lost and people lost too in their own home and in their mind. 

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Posted in Visiting Mom

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amen to that and halleluiah

Posted on Sun, 01 Apr 2018

amen to that and halleluiah too because this is so true. 

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Posted in Alternative Prayer of Remembrance, Easter 2018

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you're mirroring Pirsig's

Posted on Sun, 25 Mar 2018

you're mirroring Pirsig's take in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. 

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Posted in Mechanics & Artists

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