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I have 1214 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3503712 times and 1249 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1876 of my 16,071 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1934 votes

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the case against...

Maria Frank is early for her appointment with A & D Solicitors. Time management. One of her strengths. Hair is shorn tight to her pinched face,...

feet of clay

Antiquated face, representation of a powerful race Held rigid by Parkinson’s He could no longer quip And give opponents the slip Champion of the...

sui generis

To see what others see Something not like me Scrounger and benefits none Council-house scum Burn them out, job done Boring, stupid, cringe worthy Fat...
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Gold cherry
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Most folk called her Pet

Pet held up and out a bent strip of cardboard, which was difficult to read in the rain, ‘London,’ block capitals, in blue marker pen. The sign...
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Cherry

Le Cock: My Struggle.

I’m reading ‘The International Literary Phenomenon’, Some Rain Must Fall: My Struggle, Book 5 , by Karl Ove Knausgaard. Cliché after cliché so it...
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1876 of my comments have received 1934 Great Feedback votes

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classic ending. Chaplin was

Posted on Wed, 14 Oct 2020

classic ending. Chaplin was indeed a silent one. I loved the bit about Grace Kelly. 

Felix was overcome with surprise emotion and he was now happy he’d decided to make an appearance in the pub; 

This is a bit clunky. 'surprised...

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Posted in Phil Longley Was Still There (2)

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sad, very sad, animals and

Posted on Wed, 14 Oct 2020

sad, very sad, animals and people, facing the same monster we created. 

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Posted in An Australian View

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wonderful. Ewan namechecked

Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2020

wonderful. Ewan namechecked me because I named a pair of shoes my character was wearng, Adidas Samba. These were the top of the tree. One of my cllass mates had a pair. I noticed he wre them all the times. We went to PE, he wore them for titba....

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Posted in I Name that Shoe....

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haunting 

Posted on Fri, 09 Oct 2020

haunting 

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Posted in Gatorland

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we all chase our dreams,

Posted on Thu, 01 Oct 2020

we all chase our dreams, sometimes, if we're very lucky, we catch them. 

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Posted in After Dark

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I like a bit of 'wildness'

Posted on Sun, 13 Sep 2020

I like a bit of 'wildness' gathered here. 

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Posted in gather

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I couldn't be doing with all

Posted on Wed, 02 Sep 2020

I couldn't be doing with all that blue (and red and white) as it's a mortal sin. As for Henry VIII, just your typical, run-of-the-mill monarch, good to see he left a sound table, if not a sound reputation. You put it to good use. No chopping...

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Posted in Flamingo Hotel. Bookings Now Open.

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nicely done, jenny. 

Posted on Mon, 17 Aug 2020

nicely done, jenny. 

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Posted in Thinking Out Loud

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not sure I understand it, but

Posted on Mon, 10 Aug 2020

not sure I understand it, but hey, it feels right. 

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Posted in Epiales

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sad words Jenny, but there's

Posted on Fri, 07 Aug 2020

sad words Jenny, but there's love there and that's always good. 

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Posted in Needing Hugs

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