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I have 1187 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2873193 times and 1215 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1693 of my 15,695 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1727 votes

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Cherry

Grimms 86

Jaz sits in a haze of cigarette smoke in his usual perch in Maggie Scott’s, back against the wall, watching the door. Rab stumbles in and weaves...
Cherry

Grimms 85

‘This big gigantic guy with an eye is trying to kill him,’ Bruno says, with exaggerated affect. ‘So he can eat them.’ His voice rises and he gets...
Cherry

Grimms 84

Five days after robbing the Securicor van Jaz pulls a mask over booze coloured ruddy red cheeks and face and, hungover, is back at work. Del and...
Cherry

Grimms83

‘I’m here to see Tony,’ says Angela. Bob stands elephantine in the doorway of the Home with his checked shirt buttoned up to his neck, glasses off-...
Cherry

Grimms82

Jaz sits in his usual table in the corner of Maggie Scott’s, with a view of the door, nursing a pint. He’s been reduced to mooching about in his Y-...

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1693 of my comments have received 1727 Great Feedback votes

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I read a book about a talking

Posted on Wed, 29 Sep 2021

I read a book about a talking mongoose (The Hauting of Alma Feilding) talking cats are so cliched. But it's the way you tell 'em. 

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Posted in Pad Life 16: The Rock of Reality

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never heard of caddis, but

Posted on Wed, 29 Sep 2021

never heard of caddis, but the invisible threads ties us all together. gritty. 

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Posted in I, Caddis

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I like your meditation. 

Posted on Sun, 26 Sep 2021

I like your meditation. 

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Posted in River Of Awareness

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time waits for no man, indeed

Posted on Thu, 23 Sep 2021

time waits for no man, indeed. Flora and fauna they are a diffrent beast. 

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Posted in Giant Redwoods

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I guess that's the difference

Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021

I guess that's the difference. I didn't dream about being a journallist. Or going to university. We just fell off the end of school and whatever was there. And it wasn't much. Job Creatiion. Don't knock it, I loved it. Met some great guys. Didn't...

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Posted in Move Away, Jimmy Blue

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All Hallow and Holy indeed.

Posted on Sun, 19 Sep 2021

All Hallow and Holy indeed. It does feel like the end of the year, with daylight disappearing. I guess I should be used to it be now. 

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Posted in Autumn

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I guess the truth is in the

Posted on Sun, 19 Sep 2021

I guess the truth is in the pudding. 

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Posted in Jenny's Pies

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great story. 

Posted on Fri, 17 Sep 2021

great story. 

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Posted in Ghosts (Part Two)

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nice surprise, but not of the

Posted on Fri, 17 Sep 2021

nice surprise, but not of the good kind, at the end. 

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Posted in Ghosts (Part One)

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aye, funny to think, in an

Posted on Sat, 11 Sep 2021

aye, funny to think, in an unfunny way, Ireland's population was once 8 million. This ends here, bet it doesnae. 

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Posted in Troubles

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