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7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3744930 times
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1972 of my 16,310 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2042 votes
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twelve-noon-two
Two things pissed Marie off, getting phone calls in the middle of the night and life in general. What made it worse was she’d been in a deep sleep,...
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twelve-noon-one
‘You getting a taxi?’ I asked, knowing the answer, turning away and sucking on a cigarette I’d ponsed. We were last out of the AA meeting because she...
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twelve noon
We’re all from the same place in AA, but met in the upper room of Partick Methodist Church. It needed the light on, even for a sparsely attended...
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two-faced
I pushed my glasses high to rest on my forehead and stared across the road. I saw her outside the paper shop on Dunbarton Road, recognised her by her...
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dopple
I got arrested for impersonation of a doppelganger. I was sure it would get sorted. A clear case of mistaken identity. One of those things we’d laugh...
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a bit belwo [below] mezzanine
Posted on Tue, 25 Oct 2022
a bit belwo [below] mezzanine, yeh, not the kind of word associate with it's grim up North.
Read full commentPosted in 3. Belfast Simon Community 1978 - the layout of the building
bit of an adventure.
Posted on Mon, 24 Oct 2022
bit of an adventure.
Read full commentPosted in You Never Know
I guess he was damaged. But
Posted on Mon, 24 Oct 2022
I guess he was damaged. But he got away, which was good.
Read full commentPosted in 2. Belfast Simon community 1978 - I arrive at my work
I wish it was that simple.
Posted on Sun, 23 Oct 2022
I wish it was that simple.
Read full commentPosted in The Cost of Living
words are a camera.
Posted on Sun, 23 Oct 2022
words are a camera.
Read full commentPosted in When You Wish You’d Brought Your Camera
a ghost, a spirti, a
Posted on Sun, 23 Oct 2022
a ghost, a spirti, a doppleganger? I think I see a pattern.
Read full commentPosted in The Spirit of Jenny Jones (Part Two of Two)
me too. a long and happy life
Posted on Sat, 22 Oct 2022
me too. a long and happy life. The man sounds in pain too. He doesn't want to be a father. And certainly not father to a Down's syndrome child. sadness squared.
Read full commentPosted in He Caught My Eye.
sounds true. Many of us have
Posted on Sat, 22 Oct 2022
sounds true. Many of us have much the same problem. But why is it all about the sisters? Brothers can care too? I'm replyng as if it was a real problem. That means the writring is great.
Read full commentPosted in Dr Agnes
we suffer,but rarely in
Posted on Fri, 21 Oct 2022
we suffer,but rarely in silence. I liked this lots. The surreal elements blend in wonderfully, but when the narrator had no money for food, she bought beer and other items, including singlng squid. That threw me. Not the singing squid. But having...
Read full commentPosted in THE SQUID SISTERS - Part 2
Peace and best wishes too.
Posted on Fri, 21 Oct 2022
Peace and best wishes too. Who am I? What am I? it come up a lot in my wrting. It is in fact my writing. To be old is to be invsible. I passed an old woman in the old folk's home sitting in a chiar looking at nothing much. That's me. That's you....
Read full commentPosted in Joining up my rainbow memory dots - 1978 I help the homeless in Belfast
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