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I have 1187 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2844288 times and 1215 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1690 of my 15,677 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1724 votes

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Jack O'Donnell

 

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Cherry

grimms17

Jaz and Rab guard the bottom of the close, the wind scouring the back courts. The bins are on fire again. Flames leaving smouldering debris, the...
Cherry

grimms16

Instead of going home, Jaz kept walking. Not far, a few closes along, on another day, a good summer’s day, he could lean out the window and give Rab...
Cherry

grimms15

‘Get up, ya lazy bastard!’ Jaz’s mum Senga shouts at her son. ‘It’s almost twelve, why don’t yeh go out and get a job like aw the rest of them? I...
Cherry

grimms14

Jaz didn’t like wearing a hat, even though it was raining hard, because he thought it made him bald. Not that anybody would laugh at him. They wouldn...

a wedding

and so to the big day queen of the may white dress and wed honeymoon bled a word of advice you’ll find a history of people of infamy when they say ay...

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1690 of my comments have received 1724 Great Feedback votes

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rbs chairman £700 000 per

Posted on Sat, 22 Feb 2020

rbs chairman £700 000 per annum pension fund. ahem

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Posted in September 15th 2008

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we all need to gather and

Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2020

we all need to gather and tend as much light as we can. 

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Posted in Jar of Lights

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sad. but was it prayer (and

Posted on Tue, 11 Feb 2020

sad. but was it prayer (and time) wasted? 

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Posted in A Lesson In Life. Part Two.

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I guess we read things into

Posted on Tue, 11 Feb 2020

I guess we read things into objects. Can't say I like Gordon. 

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Posted in Gordon Ramsay, A Lesson In Life. Part One.

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I guess we all worry that way

Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2020

I guess we all worry that way and wolves come in many forms. 

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Posted in The Last Footprint

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a different generation, a

Posted on Fri, 07 Feb 2020

a different generation, a different life. In some ways a harder life. 

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Posted in Burkette Greene

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lost some narrative structure

Posted on Fri, 07 Feb 2020

lost some narrative structure here. Compelling as it is, turned into a rant. You can't hate your reader for not knowing. Not experiencing. Teach us in truth by telling a story that resonates in our hearts. The simple truth I understand is most-...

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Posted in Recognizing a Hero In Addict (7 cont&8)

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this is great. I enjoyed

Posted on Tue, 14 Jan 2020

this is great. I enjoyed reading it. I can see how so much training would make you incredibly fit, but, ironically, have such adverse affect on your bones. The killer line is it became drudgery. Just another way of making a buck. Amen to that. I...

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Posted in An Unexpected Change

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yes, nothing to do with

Posted on Fri, 03 Jan 2020

yes, nothing to do with global warming - apparently!

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Posted in You can’t cling to something once it has gone.

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happy sad. sad happy,

Posted on Mon, 23 Dec 2019

happy sad. sad happy, sometimes we settle for the crappy. 

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Posted in The Day Before Christmas

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