celticman

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I have 1187 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2862135 times and 1215 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1692 of my 15,695 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1726 votes

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Cherry

Grimms56

Angela stands, waiting. Bob shouts again. ‘Jesus,’ he rants, when there’s no reply and no sign of footfall. ‘You better come in, then.’ She cranes...
Cherry

Grimms55

Pizza Face sits on the floor in the living room, his back against the wall, tilting his head, gnawing at his thumbnail until his cuticles redden and...

Grimms54

The social-work meeting takes place after lunch. Tony lies on top of his bed, with belly ache, paging through a stained Readers Digest he’d found on...
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Story of the week

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At breakfast Bob plonks himself beside Tony, ready to make a grab at him if he shows any inkling to butcher another resident or even staff, with a...
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The cook looks up from a pile of dirty pots and dishes, rolls her eyes at Tony and comes walking towards him standing just inside the kitchen door...

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1692 of my comments have received 1726 Great Feedback votes

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I was expecting him to throw

Posted on Wed, 17 Feb 2021

I was expecting him to throw up on Corinne's back. 

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Posted in Corinne of the School Disco

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great stuff. enjoyed reading.

Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021

great stuff. enjoyed reading. 

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Posted in Letters in the attic

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the bones of a forgotten road

Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021

the bones of a forgotten road. Your poetry finds a way home. 

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Posted in After the Blizzard

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I'm with farg with regard to

Posted on Tue, 09 Feb 2021

I'm with farg with regard to Dire Stratis. 

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Posted in Take it Back

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funnily enough was talking to

Posted on Tue, 09 Feb 2021

funnily enough was talking to my mate about that today, Jenny, but it was the Erskine Bridge we were talking about. 

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Posted in Silent Lament

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hearts and souls carried like

Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021

hearts and souls carried like old sums into this next line- poetry. 

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Posted in Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden)

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 We’d been to my parents

Posted on Sat, 23 Jan 2021

 We’d been to my parents [parent's]

wonderful story telling, great ending and a story that sticks. 

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Posted in Snow Day

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a vision I can recognise. 

Posted on Sat, 23 Jan 2021

a vision I can recognise. 

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Posted in Wootton Village

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sea spirit guides us all, not

Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2021

sea spirit guides us all, not all, but you, certainly. 

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Posted in To a Lone Sailor

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magically evoked, if we

Posted on Fri, 15 Jan 2021

magically evoked, if we turned into a tree what bitter fruits would we? 

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Posted in Apple Tree

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