celticman

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I have 1178 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2465258 times and 1202 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1642 of my 15,480 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1672 votes

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Jack O'Donnell

 

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our once blue planet

Nature’s pulse. Temparture Rising. Unwell. Our oceans lost rainbow of falling tiny shells. Splicing and dicing latencies Something hidden now at sea...
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widdershins

You probably remember that story of the Virgin Mary turning up unexpectedly at her pal’s house, as she’s prone to do, and blurting out: ‘hi, you’re...
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Jimmy Savile and me

I was lying in bed when my mum rushed up the stairs, barged into my room, mouthed that it was Sir Jimmy Saville on the phone. I had to shoo her away...
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the war to end all wars

In a world of mud, colour was a low deceit and became his eyes, his legs and his feet tapping out messages to his body in the trenches. Bright...
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granny's refrain

I disliked Mona Lisa when I saw a print of it in a library book, not for the usual childish reasons based on crappy artistic merit, or the adolescent...

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1642 of my comments have received 1672 Great Feedback votes

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it's a bit too deep for me,

Posted on Thu, 24 Jan 2019

it's a bit too deep for me, but I liked your brevity. Keep it going. 

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Posted in FactoidMan and ShallowMan

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god, I'm with you on this one

Posted on Wed, 23 Jan 2019

god, I'm with you on this one Hilary. But a plea to Donald Trump is time wasted. The legacy we shall leave our children and grandchildren is drought, wars, hunger and all those other apocalyptic horses that Trump and his supporters think aren't...

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Posted in The Melting Iceberg

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sounds a bit like one of the

Posted on Mon, 21 Jan 2019

sounds a bit like one of the Hindu gods. 

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Posted in Life and Times of a Priestess: Ch.11 : Dumis (Part 1 - Section 2)

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I hope the poor wee soul is

Posted on Thu, 17 Jan 2019

I hope the poor wee soul is in a good place. Her parents were middle-class and photogenic. That helped fire the media uproar. And as we know from many studies, they staying together is unusual. The guilt they carry, who but they know?  

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Posted in Madeleine McCann.

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I can see the problem. And I

Posted on Mon, 24 Dec 2018

I can see the problem. And I can see the solution. But I've just not got enough sticky tape to join them together. 

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Posted in A to B

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there's a lot of love here. 

Posted on Fri, 21 Dec 2018

there's a lot of love here. 

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Posted in love and laundry

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smart, very smart. I like it.

Posted on Mon, 10 Dec 2018

smart, very smart. I like it. 

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Posted in Elsewhere

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a cave is a great place to

Posted on Tue, 11 Dec 2018

a cave is a great place to build characterisation from. keep going. 

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Posted in The Cave Chapter 1

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grief is a bell Harry (Kevin)

Posted on Sat, 17 Nov 2018

grief is a bell Harry (Kevin), and your story rings true. 

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (Blood)

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serenity, one of the few

Posted on Fri, 16 Nov 2018

serenity, one of the few things you can't buy. And great writing, well, you can buy that. I had the last meeting with my writing mentor Carl Mac Dougall today and he mentioned James Joyce and his story The Dead as being pretty much perfect., The...

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (The Night Before)

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