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I have 1193 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3060882 times and 1221 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1743 of my 15,858 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1784 votes

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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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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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1743 of my comments have received 1784 Great Feedback votes

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shame does shut us up.

Posted on Mon, 03 Jun 2019

shame does shut us up. Bullies know the power of shame, shame. 

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Posted in Dark Rooms

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sometimes two people fit

Posted on Sun, 28 Apr 2019

sometimes two people fit together. I'm sorry there's a piece of you missing. 

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Posted in THE LAST DANCE

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I'm sure there's a writer's

Posted on Sun, 28 Apr 2019

I'm sure there's a writer's fetish site I'm a member of somewhere. 

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Posted in The Freedom to be Weird

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I was thinking of house

Posted on Tue, 16 Apr 2019

I was thinking of house through time too (I'll need to catch up with the newest one). But houses as envelopes, yeh, even the shape is perfect. 

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Posted in change of address

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poets are still devils, but

Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2019

poets are still devils, but only if they're good. well done. you devil. 

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Posted in The Ducking Stool In Leominster Church

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the company is taking money

Posted on Fri, 19 Apr 2019

the company is taking money for nothning. bastards. parasites feeding off your anxieties. 

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Posted in The Will.

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a lovely mix of spring

Posted on Wed, 17 Apr 2019

a lovely mix of spring feelings. 

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Posted in Crocuses in Spring

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and the band played on. 

Posted on Sat, 13 Apr 2019

and the band played on. 

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Posted in This Life

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I thought you were going to

Posted on Tue, 26 Mar 2019

I thought you were going to write about a different kind of Twitter, This is a far better tweet. 

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Posted in My Kind Of Twitter

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Once again, this...and not

Posted on Sun, 24 Mar 2019

Once again, this...and not that. 

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Posted in Seventy Storeys

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