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I have 1193 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3076749 times and 1221 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1745 of my 15,867 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1786 votes

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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-...
Cherry

Grimms81

Lizzie is as lovely as Jaz remembered her, perhaps more so, with her chiselled cheekbones and hair untamed as a burning bush. The room is stuffy and...
Cherry

Grimms 80

‘What’s been the crack then?’ Del stands at the front door, a cigarette jammed between his lips. A clean white open-necked shirt sleeves contrast...

the independent cluase

Head filled with different kinds of wrongness rightness and onscreen brightness squared aye by large numbers two points resistance to three points...
Cherry

Grimms 79

Tony’s social worker, Marie, arrives on an official visit. She waits for him in the office. Dayshift-staff circle around, Julie flustered, leaves her...

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1745 of my comments have received 1786 Great Feedback votes

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Yes, all of those things.

Posted on Mon, 08 Nov 2021

Yes, all of those things. Kiplying and The Graet Game, when Britain was really a world power. But like many others, I tried to join up too (rejected by RAF) for the simple reason- the lack of jobs. It's the same the world over. The US war machine...

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Posted in Heroes

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ah, Agnes, a fellow expert in

Posted on Sun, 07 Nov 2021

ah, Agnes, a fellow expert in making the dramatic shrivel and die Tick. A sibliing I know well. 

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Posted in The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 24

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revenge and all that. 

Posted on Fri, 05 Nov 2021

revenge and all that. 

 edentulous  (toothless toddler). Rolls of the tongue, sounds better and blends in with street dialect. 

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Posted in What Goes Around (Part One)

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I like the honoring of the

Posted on Mon, 01 Nov 2021

I like the honoring of the dead (not that I do it) but a reminder, aye, me too, sooner than I like. 

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Posted in El Día de Todos los Santos*

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in many ways this was a tale

Posted on Sun, 31 Oct 2021

in many ways this was a tale of morality and wrongs being righted. Sigh, I wish the real world was like that. 

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Posted in The Black Crow of Purgatory (Part 3 of 3)

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mischief is always there,

Posted on Sat, 30 Oct 2021

mischief is always there, creeping up, behind you. 

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Posted in Forest Terror

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evrey crow has its day. Nice

Posted on Fri, 29 Oct 2021

evrey crow has its day. Nice to see the rich the fall guys for once and not the heroes.  

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Posted in The Black Crow of Purgatory (Part 2 of 3)

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yeh, life drips and gutters. 

Posted on Thu, 28 Oct 2021

yeh, life drips and gutters. 

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Posted in Before Rhythm of Hours Change the Beat

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I wish her well. 

Posted on Thu, 28 Oct 2021

I wish her well. 

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Posted in That's R$CH!!!!

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the planet isn't wonky, we

Posted on Thu, 28 Oct 2021

the planet isn't wonky, we are (unfortunately). 

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Posted in Wonky Planet (A Punky Tale Of The Future) by Alfred Muggins

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