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I have 1187 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2848987 times and 1215 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1691 of my 15,685 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1725 votes

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Cherry

grimms36

Angela nips across the landing and rattles the letterbox. Dermot answers, swinging the door wide in welcome. He’s wearing his old work coat and work...
Cherry

grimms35

Jaz panting and out of breath runs uphill, the dark street a whetstone underfoot, and the unexpected urgency of the chase sobers him. It makes him...
Cherry

grimms34

Crossing Kilbowie Road Jaz negotiates the tooting horns of cars and buses with the absent-mindedness of a three-year-old toddler and seems startled...
Cherry

grimms33

Jaz is standing chittering at the bus stop outside Ramsay’s Fruit and Veg when a beige Morris Marina sweeps through the puddles, making an old guy...
Cherry

grimms32

Charlie the barman hovers around the five-foot mark and looks like King Louie from Junglebook , a comic figure, who knows everybody that is anybody,...

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1691 of my comments have received 1725 Great Feedback votes

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haunting 

Posted on Fri, 09 Oct 2020

haunting 

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Posted in Gatorland

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we all chase our dreams,

Posted on Thu, 01 Oct 2020

we all chase our dreams, sometimes, if we're very lucky, we catch them. 

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Posted in After Dark

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I like a bit of 'wildness'

Posted on Sun, 13 Sep 2020

I like a bit of 'wildness' gathered here. 

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Posted in gather

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I couldn't be doing with all

Posted on Wed, 02 Sep 2020

I couldn't be doing with all that blue (and red and white) as it's a mortal sin. As for Henry VIII, just your typical, run-of-the-mill monarch, good to see he left a sound table, if not a sound reputation. You put it to good use. No chopping...

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Posted in Flamingo Hotel. Bookings Now Open.

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nicely done, jenny. 

Posted on Mon, 17 Aug 2020

nicely done, jenny. 

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Posted in Thinking Out Loud

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not sure I understand it, but

Posted on Mon, 10 Aug 2020

not sure I understand it, but hey, it feels right. 

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Posted in Epiales

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sad words Jenny, but there's

Posted on Fri, 07 Aug 2020

sad words Jenny, but there's love there and that's always good. 

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Posted in Needing Hugs

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I hope its memory foam and

Posted on Fri, 24 Jul 2020

I hope its memory foam and remembers not to confuse your head with your feet. Hope you feel better soonish. 

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Posted in Self Help.

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The horse slowed and, at

Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2020

The horse slowed and, at times, stopped responding to prompts.[makes horses sound like computers] stopped responded to kicks, or spurs clawing at their frozen flanks - yeh, I got carred away. 

Wind blew mini-murmurations of yellow leaves...

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Posted in Pins (17)

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luttered in soft symbiosis

Posted on Wed, 22 Jul 2020

luttered in soft symbiosis [sybiosis is the wrong word]

van outside to take her away (because she's a nut job) or something more? difficult balancing act, you've manage reality and unreality well. Keep movig. 

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