celticman
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7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3063172 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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the gothic line
Dinner begins with a closed door Smell of mince and totties Worse than the dentist’s chair Shut-up and sit over there Plate piled high as a rabbit...
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shitehouse to shitehawk: a user's guide
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
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...
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bergy
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...
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a day in the sun
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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I hope the poor wee soul is
Posted on Thu, 17 Jan 2019
I hope the poor wee soul is in a good place. Her parents were middle-class and photogenic. That helped fire the media uproar. And as we know from many studies, they staying together is unusual. The guilt they carry, who but they know?
Read full commentPosted in Madeleine McCann.
I can see the problem. And I
Posted on Mon, 24 Dec 2018
I can see the problem. And I can see the solution. But I've just not got enough sticky tape to join them together.
Read full commentPosted in A to B
there's a lot of love here.
Posted on Fri, 21 Dec 2018
there's a lot of love here.
Read full commentPosted in love and laundry
a cave is a great place to
Posted on Tue, 11 Dec 2018
a cave is a great place to build characterisation from. keep going.
Read full commentPosted in The Cave Chapter 1
grief is a bell Harry (Kevin)
Posted on Sat, 17 Nov 2018
grief is a bell Harry (Kevin), and your story rings true.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (Blood)
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
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