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I have 1179 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2544513 times and 1205 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1650 of my 15,514 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1682 votes

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Cherry

grimms28

By celticman on Wed, 15 Feb 2017

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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Certificate 12
Cherry

grimm27

By celticman on Wed, 15 Feb 2017

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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Certificate 12
Cherry

grimms26

By celticman on Mon, 13 Feb 2017

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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Certificate 18

grimms25

By celticman on Fri, 10 Feb 2017

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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Certificate 18
Cherry

grimm24

By celticman on Thu, 09 Feb 2017

‘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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Certificate 15

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1650 of my comments have received 1682 Great Feedback votes

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I'm sure Triigger told Boycey

Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2020

I'm sure Triigger told Boycey, who told someone I know that the virus was engineered. I'm not sure the reasoning for this, who exactly gains from this? I'm sure it's a James Bond type villain who strokes a cat and has a cunning plan. 

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Posted in Mother's Day With A Difference.

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sad, yet we reember beyond

Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020

sad, yet we reember beyond the whys and wherefores. 

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Posted in He Knew

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if we can transmit love, then

Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020

if we can transmit love, then all is not lost. 

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Posted in Deimos

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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? 

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Posted in Happy Mother's Day

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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? 

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Posted in Unprecedented

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sun and crocodiles, what more

Posted on Wed, 13 Apr 2016

sun and crocodiles, what more could a story need? 

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Posted in Mwambeshi Memories

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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. 

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Posted in To wait

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thanks for reading, your

Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2020

thanks for reading, your praise is bountiful (oh, dear-sorry). 

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Posted in The Bountiful

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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. 

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Posted in Motorway City (Rock'n'Roll will never die)

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