celticman

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I have 1187 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2848726 times and 1215 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1691 of my 15,685 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1725 votes

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shitehouse to shitehawk: a user's guide

By celticman on Wed, 27 Apr 2016

I jot things down. Sometimes I order them later, or they order me. Usually, I don’t. That’s called the first draft. It’s full of grammatical mistakes...

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the call up

By celticman on Tue, 19 Apr 2016

Harry’s call up papers came through. He had been dreading them, but when they arrived he felt calmer, but had to put on his trifocals glasses to...

Science fiction

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bergy

By celticman on Sat, 16 Apr 2016

It’s strange when you get out hearing soft, whispering womanly voices – he’s been sick—licking of soft strawberry lips to create a sympathetic sound...

Drama

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a day in the sun

By celticman on Thu, 14 Apr 2016

Winter broke like a stick and the sun clothed itself in clouds to give spring an airing and my world expanded to more than school rooms and cold...

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the angel oberon

By celticman on Wed, 13 Apr 2016

To dust you will return Invisible to all but a select few My light has not gone out I’m simply waiting for you You with your need You with your greed...

Unclassified

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1691 of my comments have received 1725 Great Feedback votes

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slides from metaphor to

Posted on Thu, 12 Apr 2018

slides from metaphor to madness and evil with spring-heeled ease.

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Posted in Big Cat

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yeh, captures that remebrance

Posted on Sat, 07 Apr 2018

yeh, captures that remebrance of things lost and people lost too in their own home and in their mind.

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Posted in Visiting Mom

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amen to that and halleluiah

Posted on Sun, 01 Apr 2018

amen to that and halleluiah too because this is so true.

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Posted in Alternative Prayer of Remembrance, Easter 2018

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you're mirroring Pirsig's

Posted on Sun, 25 Mar 2018

you're mirroring Pirsig's take in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

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Posted in Mechanics & Artists

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wonderfully perceptive

Posted on Wed, 21 Feb 2018

wonderfully perceptive storytelling. Kayla Stella Nue rings true.

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Posted in Jack Mutant - Which Way is Down? (part twelve)

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bambi, but how much more

Posted on Sun, 21 Jan 2018

bambi, but how much more harrowing is the hundreds of millions of chickens and cattle that never experience daylight, in which a pen is their sun. A story well done.

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Posted in To Dance in the Shadows

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