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I have 1193 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3067482 times and 1221 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1745 of my 15,865 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1786 votes

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Grimms73

‘You don’t need to be daft and drown yerself. You can just drink the poison to kill yerself.’ Bruno is deft at sneaking up on people and has big lugs...

'Go'

You belong to the normal generation. Everything clear-cut and solvable. Climate change stabilised. No more poverty. Hunger eradicated. The gap...
Cherry

Grimms72

Jaz ganders out the kitchen window and sees Pizza Face playing outside, kicking a ball against the bins. ‘Hi,’ he calls through to Angela, but it’s...
Cherry

don't look down

don’t look down— poor people who work for little— and expect little more— don’t look down— refuge bees like you and—and—and shrinking away to god...
Cherry

Grimms71

A couple of days pass, then a week, in which Jaz does little more than alternate between pubs and empty glasses follow him. Maggie Scott’s for...

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1745 of my comments have received 1786 Great Feedback votes

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big guy often wins. 

Posted on Wed, 20 Oct 2021

big guy often wins. 

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Posted in A Sparrow

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autumnal, makes us think of

Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021

autumnal, makes us think of the end of the begining. to slip away- depart, that's a start. 

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Posted in Grounding Of Autumn

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it's the almost that gets you

Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021

it's the almost that gets you. the unexplained. 

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Posted in Esther Cox

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ah, innnocence is us. or was.

Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021

ah, innnocence is us. or was. 

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Posted in Innocents

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great photo. great poem,

Posted on Mon, 11 Oct 2021

great photo. great poem, jenny. 

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Posted in Secrets Of Wistman Woods

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It's got a noirish feel,

Posted on Tue, 05 Oct 2021

It's got a noirish feel, whatever that means. 

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Posted in Strangers on a Street

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no journey too long or short,

Posted on Thu, 30 Sep 2021

no journey too long or short, Jenny, like your poem. 

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Posted in Stone Loach

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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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