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I have 1193 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3069355 times and 1221 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1745 of my 15,865 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1786 votes

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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,...
Cherry

grimms31

‘Shouldn’t you be going up the road, about now?’ says Jaz, smiling into his pint. ‘To get ready for your big date.’ Rab’s bottom lips droops and he...
Cherry

grimms30

Jaz catches Pizza Face a slap on the back of the head when he catches him and Tony smoking a roll-up at the bottom of the stairs. ‘Go up to Rab’s and...
Cherry

grimms29

After a while Tony and Angela get sick of hiding from a giant dinosaur under the bed and crawl out dusty and uneaten, which is just as well, because...
Cherry

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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1745 of my comments have received 1786 Great Feedback votes

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this is a beautiful story. I

Posted on Sat, 09 Jan 2021

this is a beautiful story. I said that the last time and I echo it here. brilliant 

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Posted in Last Things

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always check where you're

Posted on Thu, 07 Jan 2021

always check where you're being kidnapped to insert. Yes. It features in every story so far. 

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Posted in Tam McSwiggan

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great opening, bit rushed in

Posted on Fri, 08 Jan 2021

great opening, bit rushed in the end. dead cat mystery resolved. enjoyed reading. 

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Posted in The Dead Cat

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The woman led Mary to an

Posted on Sat, 02 Jan 2021

The woman led Mary to an empty table, and pointed to one side, then sat at the other. Mary sat on one side  table, the long haired woman on the other side.

Needs another few drafts. The above sentence is an example. Get it down first if...

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Posted in part 3 (redrafted)

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yeh, I want nick nick and the

Posted on Tue, 05 Jan 2021

yeh, I want nick nick and the shirts too. 

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Posted in Sacred Shirts (2)

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flower-scented dreams are

Posted on Thu, 31 Dec 2020

flower-scented dreams are usually a blessing (well, in my book) as this is. 

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Posted in Symphony Of Emotions

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Janet Kay’s “Silly Games, aha

Posted on Thu, 31 Dec 2020

Janet Kay’s “Silly Games, aha, did one of those stupid zoom meetings (in the etheral audience) with the writers of Small Axe, in which this single, of course, featured heavily in one episode. 

great plot twist with the gun, will he? will...

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Posted in Happy New Year

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malintent. know what you mean

Posted on Mon, 28 Dec 2020

malintent. know what you mean, but not really a word. Ironically, Australia stopped taking convicts around this time. Snobbism, 'natives' denied being of convict stock. Families that were seperated tended to do better in Australia and have...

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Posted in A Bridge of Lies

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we all hope for peace, Jenny,

Posted on Wed, 23 Dec 2020

we all hope for peace, Jenny, good one. 

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Posted in Deodar Tree

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you're only saying that

Posted on Sat, 19 Dec 2020

you're only saying that insert because your your age. 

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Posted in Dade Simpson

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