celticman

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I have 1193 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3028342 times and 1221 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1733 of my 15,836 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1772 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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1733 of my comments have received 1772 Great Feedback votes

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yes, I guess it's true we did

Posted on Sun, 13 Oct 2019

yes, I guess it's true we did test rats to death and they'd starve for their fix. I guess it's payback. 

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Posted in Swiss Delight

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I think you channeled (and I

Posted on Thu, 03 Oct 2019

I think you channeled (and I don't mean French channel) Ginsberg, well done. 

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Posted in American Diaspora

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I guess they make their home,

Posted on Wed, 02 Oct 2019

I guess they make their home, where they can, like the rest of us. 

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Posted in The Little Blighters.

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winer bites early. dark at

Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2019

winer bites early. dark at eight. Just you wait...

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Posted in September Chills

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thnaks for reading and

Posted on Mon, 26 Aug 2019

thnaks for reading and commenting. No grammatical errors? must be getting better. That's magic for me. 

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Posted in good tears and bad.

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we're all lost and found

Posted on Sun, 28 Jul 2019

we're all lost and found

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Posted in Salvage

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nothing like a bit of

Posted on Wed, 24 Jul 2019

nothing like a bit of existential angst. This world is meant to be a shadow of the next. Nostalgia is a bit like that. When we were young the world didn't glitter, but it seemed realer. Perhaps as we get older we live more inside our expectations...

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Posted in Of myths and monsters

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polygamy, seems like a

Posted on Mon, 01 Jul 2019

polygamy, seems like a popular choice. Fraud of a different kind. 

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Posted in Julia rest of chapter 3

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a very strange adventure, no

Posted on Fri, 21 Jun 2019

a very strange adventure, no doubt Beth will be back for more. 

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Posted in "A Timely Adventure" CHAPTER 1

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I like this, it could go on

Posted on Tue, 18 Jun 2019

I like this, it could go on and on and on. 

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Posted in Among the Audh

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