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I have 1179 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2492421 times
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grimms28
When Dermot answers the door, he’s not sure what to expect. ‘I’m Marie,’ she says, holding a soft hand out for him to shake. ‘And I’m a social worker...
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grimm27
The school nurse’s grey hair resembles an unkempt blackbird’s nest, with a pokey wee white hat stranded on it. She has squeezed into her white...
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grimms26
Jaz can’t find his house keys and hammers on the front door, flipping the letter box with an untimely rat-a-tat-tat, echoing through the close. Karen...
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grimms25
The chaffing of barmaid’s singing lullabies, ‘Last orders,’ and deftly nicking the glass out of their hand before they are finished, Jaz and Rab are...
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grimm24
‘You’ll never guess who the Rhetor was?’ Jaz says to Rab. Despite the dim light, Jaz had recognized Chief Inspector Collins at once. He was a tall...
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sad, yet we reember beyond
Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020
sad, yet we reember beyond the whys and wherefores.
Read full commentPosted in He Knew
if we can transmit love, then
Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020
if we can transmit love, then all is not lost.
Read full commentPosted in Deimos
I guess you covered all the
Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020
I guess you covered all the bases, but mother's know best and what would your mother say?
Read full commentPosted in Happy Mother's Day
all of us would-be writers in
Posted on Fri, 20 Mar 2020
all of us would-be writers in our garrets speakig in cliches and thinking the world will end and saying, 'I told you so?' where are we now?
Read full commentPosted in Unprecedented
sun and crocodiles, what more
Posted on Wed, 13 Apr 2016
sun and crocodiles, what more could a story need?
Read full commentPosted in Mwambeshi Memories
poets know how to wait.
Posted on Tue, 17 Mar 2020
poets know how to wait. Sometimes a word's not too great. Then our foolishness does abate. Stanzas await.
Read full commentPosted in To wait
thanks for reading, your
Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2020
thanks for reading, your praise is bountiful (oh, dear-sorry).
Read full commentPosted in The Bountiful
build car parks everywhere. A
Posted on Fri, 13 Mar 2020
build car parks everywhere. A parks a park. I guess we've put them on hold for now.
Read full commentPosted in Motorway City (Rock'n'Roll will never die)
interesting post.
Posted on Sat, 14 Mar 2020
interesting post.
Read full commentPosted in Does Anyone Know If There Is A Hotline For Alien Abduction? I'd Like To Request One. We Have Lost Our Collective Minds.
sweet and sour, but a miracle
Posted on Wed, 11 Mar 2020
sweet and sour, but a miracle of loving.
Read full commentPosted in We Grow
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