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I have 1177 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2445185 times
and 1202 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1636 of my 15,458 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1666 votes
My stories
Ambush
If you don’t get by Don’t ask why Maybe next year Shift your feet Move on Can’t you see? Work harder Become like me Cleanse the dust Sunny side up...
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fix you 3
Back at base, doors scanned and measured Inspector Allan’s approach and let him through. Office walls ebbed and flowed and doubled as free-floating...
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toxic bubbles over Manchester
Heat febrile facts—folly blooms Gather the witch’s stool A fiend inspired Little potions, little notions, little imps Shrink chaos and sell the jar...
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Easy Tiger.
‘Easy Tiger,’ Archie said, swaying and backing away towards the living room door. He wasn’t sure how a ten-foot long Bengali tiger had squeezed into...
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quickie
I’d a bad night. The guy upstairs had a burst pipe on Tuesday, which he didn’t know about. Next thing it’s Thursday, the ceiling comes down, and I’m...
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the world is a friendlier
Posted on Wed, 30 Dec 2015
the world is a friendlier place when we smile.
Read full commentPosted in Sometimes...
in case they hurt themselves,
Posted on Sun, 20 Dec 2015
in case they hurt themselves, you see, I see clearly, but what can you do when there's only me and you?
Read full commentPosted in Glass is a Supercooled Liquid
good ending in a sickish sort
Posted on Wed, 25 Nov 2015
good ending in a sickish sort of way, sums the story up well. I can't say I've noticed anything like that in my local forays through the park, but I guess as it's always pissing down that helps dampen people's rogering forays.
Read full commentPosted in the shared park
I didn't think he was very
Posted on Sat, 21 Nov 2015
I didn't think he was very funny. I'll rephrase that, he wasn't funny, but I didn't think you got jailed for it. That worries me. I'm packing my cardigans into a bag now. Ready to flee to England where there's a lot of funny folk. Just another...
Read full commentPosted in Plot without a story
the mastery of time seems to
Posted on Sat, 14 Nov 2015
the mastery of time seems to be your line. I guess Switzerland isn't much of a date, especially if you've left life too late, but what wonderful recall, it's a lesson to us all.
Read full commentPosted in 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World'
time spins and
Posted on Wed, 11 Nov 2015
time spins and circumnavigates and I guess we place our bet of whose to blame on the table, never thinking our number will come up.
Read full commentPosted in oot ma heed.
panic indeed. simple sentence
Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2015
panic indeed. simple sentence are good, but look for a bit more variety.
Read full commentPosted in Panic Room
check on your Mum as a name
Posted on Mon, 02 Nov 2015
check on your Mum as a name and as a description (eg my mum). I'm not sure how jaggy stones catch elbows (too high up the body) in opening paragraph. That apart. The tone is just right. Possible story of the week. Gets my vote.
Read full commentPosted in Fly like Superman
ouch, sock on the wrong
Posted on Sun, 25 Oct 2015
ouch, sock on the wrong appendage, the wrong foot that's not a foot. As all good stories it starts as one think (alternative therapy) and melds into something deeper, lighter and heavier.
Read full commentPosted in White Light
art for art's sake that is
Posted on Sun, 11 Oct 2015
art for art's sake that is why we create. money counterfeits that scheme, but leaves us queasy and uneasy with what is real.
Read full commentPosted in Barcelona
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