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I have 1187 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2889783 times
and 1215 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1694 of my 15,698 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1729 votes
My stories
A refugee
Your life laid bare The sudden intimacy of violence Blood in the air Fully exposed. They place their faith Your lips, your tits, your cunt You squat...
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Ernie at the edge of the world
Ernie left his flat on the eight floor of Dunswin Court at around three o’clock in the morning. He’s got two bedrooms, but only uses one to live in...
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the big malky
Frank took two days to hitchhike down to London. The Big Smoke. First night sleeping in a plastic bin bag sheltering from the rain outside Piccadilly...
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Tribe
Mourn too late at the thrown bones of fate. Small ghettoes of the mind, open for business Better to keep thought away Scores to settle Wait for a...
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All my life
All my life I’ve been fucked-up as somebody obscene Now I’m safe and old I’m wooed and wowed ‘Have you been a good girl, eaten all your bread?’ What...
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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...
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
a chapbook of wise sayiings,
Posted on Tue, 06 Nov 2018
a chapbook of wise sayiings, I foolishly enjoyed reading. keep writing.
Read full commentPosted in Scattered Wounds: I should like to understand myself properly before it is too late
embarrassment {another flush
Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2018
embarrassment {another flush of embracement at this} so many parents have Alzheimer's I'm sure there's more than a few who'd happily choke them too.
Read full commentPosted in A Weekend with Family
maybe, but often they don't
Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2018
maybe, but often they don't get it.
Read full commentPosted in ORPHAN BOY
we're all trying to get on to
Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018
we're all trying to get on to a better path. Keep writing.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (short extract 3)
rainbows are majestic, but
Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018
rainbows are majestic, but you need to be looking up. You were and are.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (short extract 3)
conspiracy theories are great
Posted on Fri, 26 Oct 2018
conspiracy theories are great for uniting people. when common sense tells you soomething you've got to look again, but the lies people tell themselves are the most insidious of all. If we turn around the popular jib we use with politicians, 'why...
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