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I have 1187 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2831296 times
and 1215 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1687 of my 15,671 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1721 votes
My stories
Sleeping Beauty
He kisses Sleeping Beauty The word before the fall You’ve changed and change back And I don’t change at all ‘You’re a fucking wally,’ she said ‘Not...
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the last of summer
We are in the last mouths of summer Green gods’ sad subliminal dream Dripping with sorrow No thought of tomorrow Today, today, today Is all we can...
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tears were not enough
After the funeral, Davy nursed a lukewarm can of Skol lager and chose a quiet, empty corner of the church hall near the swing of the door and stink...
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I remember her now
A guitar shaped body Jutting hips that hook a look Pubic hair and yearning – Desire singes and drowns shyness Unbuttons her blouse Plucks the straps...
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IQ test 3
Somebody had flung a scratchy blanket over my body to bury the unwashed. I woke up to the stench of my own body bathed in sweat. Eyes plumped by lack...
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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.
Read full commentPosted in Life and Times of a Priestess: Ch.11 : Dumis (Part 1 - Section 2)
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?
Read full commentPosted in Madeleine McCann.
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.
Read full commentPosted in A to B
there's a lot of love here.
Posted on Fri, 21 Dec 2018
there's a lot of love here.
Read full commentPosted in love and laundry
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.
Read full commentPosted in The Cave Chapter 1
grief is a bell Harry (Kevin)
Posted on Sat, 17 Nov 2018
grief is a bell Harry (Kevin), and your story rings true.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (Blood)
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...
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (The Night Before)
wonderful story telling. I'd
Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2018
wonderful story telling. I'd add Tom (Cruise) surname, I had to think about it and lazy people like me don't like to come out of the flow of the story to do that. brilliant.
Read full commentPosted in Sass (Part 2)
yes, what happened in
Posted on Sun, 11 Nov 2018
yes, what happened in Sarajevo spread through the Slavic nations and engulfed us all.
Read full commentPosted in Achilleio
that's what I call desperate
Posted on Thu, 08 Nov 2018
that's what I call desperate and sad Jenny, but what do I know? good story Harry, I'm sure it's a metaphor for living.
Read full commentPosted in Band of One
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