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I have 1183 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2763132 times
and 1210 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1679 of my 15,626 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1713 votes
My stories
Windfall.
We had a great interest in ghosts, prompted by a fear of being called a shitebag for turning down a dare when we were younger. In a less than spooky...
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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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lovely tale. We've got swans
Posted on Tue, 11 Mar 2025
lovely tale. We've got swans followed by pigeons on the canal path. Same thing. They're being fed by householders that face the canal. So they just jump up and walk across.
Read full commentPosted in The Lonely Goose on The Durme
wolfish wisdom. I'd vote for
Posted on Sat, 08 Mar 2025
wolfish wisdom. I'd vote for it.
Read full commentPosted in A sheep in wolf's clothing
Liam Brady had perhaps the
Posted on Fri, 07 Mar 2025
Liam Brady had perhaps the best left foot I'd ever seen but Gadaffi was a better left-winger. Wonder where they all are now?
Read full commentPosted in Streets of Stoke Newington
I thought that was one in a
Posted on Tue, 04 Mar 2025
I thought that was one in a million. I pass cows on my bike. I'm going to put a cow-shearer on the front wheel.
Read full commentPosted in Killed By Cows
Cedric is the one other. He
Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Cedric is the one other. He makes for confilct, which is always good, but only in fiction. I'm waffling like Spencer. Maybe I should email Annie too.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you - Part 54
water strider do need
Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025
water strider do need watchful eyes.
Read full commentPosted in Skating Without Ice
craft inspired, jenny.
Posted on Tue, 25 Feb 2025
craft inspired, jenny.
Read full commentPosted in In Twilight Years
something to see cleary by.
Posted on Tue, 25 Feb 2025
something to see cleary by.
Read full commentPosted in Pluto’s Ode To Charon
interesting.
Posted on Sun, 23 Feb 2025
interesting.
Read full commentPosted in Dusby.
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)(,
Read full commentPosted in Hibernation
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