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I have 1193 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3061730 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 angel oberon

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...

criminal mastermind kaspar gutman

Sitting alone staring into thin air What with the squeak of the back gate ‘Who’s that there?’ I dare. A femme fatale appears out of grit and smoke...
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membership of the math group

Mutter of mathematics The path of a dumpling is never clearer The sum of all yearning Song of caged children –from long ago Rhyming the reasons...
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glitter

The man from Council. A wee nyaff, clipboard, pen and baldy heid. He’d come to see the wall in the back bedroom and there was no arguing with him. ‘...
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supernova

‘Fuck me like you hate me.’ He did. If you lived long enough, perhaps you’d have learned to kiss sweet as candyfloss, and kept a sensible distance...

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1743 of my comments have received 1784 Great Feedback votes

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embarrassment {another flush

Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2018

embarrassment {another flush of embracement at this} so many parents have Alzheimer's I'm sure there's more than a few who'd happily choke them too. 

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Posted in A Weekend with Family

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maybe, but often they don't

Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2018

maybe, but often they don't get it. 

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Posted in ORPHAN BOY

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we're all trying to get on to

Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018

we're all trying to get on to a better path. Keep writing. 

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (short extract 3)

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rainbows are majestic, but

Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018

rainbows are majestic, but you need to be looking up. You were and are. 

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (short extract 3)

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conspiracy theories are great

Posted on Fri, 26 Oct 2018

conspiracy theories are great for uniting people. when common sense tells you soomething you've got to look again, but the lies people tell themselves are the most insidious of all. If we turn around the popular jib we use with politicians, 'why...

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Posted in Is This True?

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anywhere is good, somewhere

Posted on Thu, 25 Oct 2018

anywhere is good, somewhere is better, you've taken us somewhere special. 

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Posted in Out of Season

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slipped, like an oyster, I

Posted on Wed, 24 Oct 2018

slipped, like an oyster, I like that. 

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Posted in Weep Till Forever

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captivating and carries the

Posted on Sun, 21 Oct 2018

captivating and carries the glory of the world. 

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Posted in clues

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nice one, and finished with a

Posted on Thu, 18 Oct 2018

nice one, and finished with a question. Did the durnk lady make the plane? Answers on a postcard. 

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Posted in First Impressions

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the inner child sometimes

Posted on Sun, 30 Sep 2018

the inner child sometimes gets lost or forgotten. we all need a little hand. 

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Posted in Inner Child

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