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I have 1187 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2873193 times and 1215 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1693 of my 15,695 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1727 votes

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Cherry

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...

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...
Cherry

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...
Cherry

grimms23

There’s nothing else for it. Jaz decides to go and see Rab. There’s been talk – Rab’s old man wittering, he might be able to do something for them...

the country of the poor

The country of the poor is where I stay No barbed wire to keep you away Mark in your die-ary Persona no grata gone that way They have no alibi That...
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1693 of my comments have received 1727 Great Feedback votes

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gravity is not an apple. yeh,

Posted on Sat, 23 May 2020

gravity is not an apple. yeh, I like that aand this. 

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Posted in How To Be Authentic

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sweet, heavy with years. 

Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2020

sweet, heavy with years. 

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Posted in The Last Bus Stop

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cats are real. people aren't.

Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2020

cats are real. people aren't. I guess that's true, especially on the astral plane. 

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Posted in How Long Can You Stew For, Before You Fall Apart? (2)

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yeh, I get it, but keep it to

Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2020

yeh, I get it, but keep it to yourself sort of story. The morally righteous are never wrong, Nor do they fade away (unfortuately). great story. 

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Posted in How Long Can You Stew For, Before You Fall Apart?

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slight jump at 'burn me right

Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2020

slight jump at 'burn me right through' (burns right through). just a thought. I don't often have them. 

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Posted in Phantoms

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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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