celticman

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I have 1182 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2662363 times and 1208 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1668 of my 15,587 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1701 votes

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Missed You.

My junkie girlfriend sold her body to feed her habit. ‘I’m no doing any harm,’ she said. ‘I sold myself tae you. Look how that fucking worked oot?’ I...
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Tilly cut loose from the day

Tilly cut loose from the day Brightness like a red balloon Utterances dumbstruck with gravity Details don’t matter Holding onto her giggling A...
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Uncle John's Popemobile.

Black specks were moving on the stacked plates of uneaten leftovers and the casual smears of a man that had tried to tidy up. Casualties lay on the...
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Sweaty

Sweaty was jumpy. He reached for a wrench. Rubbed grit from the window and squinted his one good eye to look through plastic into the yard. Neither...
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EAT YEH

Chained outside McGinlay’s coal yard—a dog called EAT YEH, the size of a small bison. Howling, choking and mad eyed to get at you. EAT YEH had a...
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1668 of my comments have received 1701 Great Feedback votes

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full of grace for a such a

Posted on Fri, 21 Feb 2025

full of grace for a such a graceless soul.  (talke[d] to)(,

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Posted in Hibernation

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I was thinking of that

Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2025

I was thinking of that earlier. I girl I knew. Smart. Very well-spoken. And, believe it or not, refused the belt. Had a note on her from her 'mum'. How frustrating that was for these dictators. 

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Posted in Mr. Portleven's Electricity Class

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cogs and springs. That's how

Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2025

cogs and springs. That's how old people think. That's how I think. hmm. Cedric is going to cause problems (or why would he be in the story?)

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Posted in Parcel for you - Part 53

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ah, the sweetness of the

Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025

ah, the sweetness of the ending, I can almost taste it. 

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Posted in Having perhaps the better claim

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nice beat. a good energy,

Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2025

nice beat. a good energy, which in neat. 

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Posted in Commute

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snow is the stuff of dreams

Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2025

snow is the stuff of dreams and nightmares. You've caught the dream angle. 

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Posted in Snow

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you have shared your secrets,

Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2025

you have shared your secrets, sewn your crop, harvested your ire and desire, created hard frost and fire. 

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Posted in The Garden, that was my domain

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you've already got out of

Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2025

you've already got out of hospital. Your narrator can be two or more places at once. Her life as told be the book and her struggles to escape from the book on the outside (and inside). Look at exorcisms. Always a nice page-turner trick. 

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Posted in The Book: Chapter 12

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a lovely biography, Jenny . I

Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2025

a lovely biography, Jenny . I alway look for snippets of mysely in other's memories. 

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Posted in School Reunion

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cauliflower theft is growing.

Posted on Sat, 08 Feb 2025

cauliflower theft is growing. glad they could nip it in the bud. 

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Posted in Paradise found

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