celticman
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I have 1210 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3474227 times
and 1243 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1860 of my 16,036 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1913 votes
My stories
new shoes from the Sally Army
I want I was I am Scratchin in a Sally Army that echoes like a tin can Drinkin the final day Gold star for being clean The obsession standoffish the...
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Huts IX
I poke and pick and ease my tongue into a hole where a tooth should be, but that doesn’t stop me smiling when the day shift lets go of me. I take the...
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carpe diem
At a personal level I don’t like funerals much. Life everlasting gets a trifle wearing. Leave it the professionals and all that. I brief the priest...
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Trigger
Homes built by spread sheets Sterling flows half-level to half level Splitsection soundaspace Stuck-up tower blocks. Designed by gods Jean or Jacques...
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thank-you notes
I wrote thank-you notes as a child. A thick HB3 pencil in my chubby mit. The pencil sharpener on the teacher’s desk, head height, was a big thing...
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I guess we read things into
Posted on Tue, 11 Feb 2020
I guess we read things into objects. Can't say I like Gordon.
Read full commentPosted in Gordon Ramsay, A Lesson In Life. Part One.
I guess we all worry that way
Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2020
I guess we all worry that way and wolves come in many forms.
Read full commentPosted in The Last Footprint
a different generation, a
Posted on Fri, 07 Feb 2020
a different generation, a different life. In some ways a harder life.
Read full commentPosted in Burkette Greene
lost some narrative structure
Posted on Fri, 07 Feb 2020
lost some narrative structure here. Compelling as it is, turned into a rant. You can't hate your reader for not knowing. Not experiencing. Teach us in truth by telling a story that resonates in our hearts. The simple truth I understand is most-...
Read full commentPosted in Recognizing a Hero In Addict (7 cont&8)
this is great. I enjoyed
Posted on Tue, 14 Jan 2020
this is great. I enjoyed reading it. I can see how so much training would make you incredibly fit, but, ironically, have such adverse affect on your bones. The killer line is it became drudgery. Just another way of making a buck. Amen to that. I...
Read full commentPosted in An Unexpected Change
yes, nothing to do with
Posted on Fri, 03 Jan 2020
yes, nothing to do with global warming - apparently!
Read full commentPosted in You can’t cling to something once it has gone.
happy sad. sad happy,
Posted on Mon, 23 Dec 2019
happy sad. sad happy, sometimes we settle for the crappy.
Read full commentPosted in The Day Before Christmas
good story, but the changing
Posted on Tue, 17 Dec 2019
good story, but the changing point of view weakens it. I'd suggest make it his story or her story.
Read full commentPosted in Strings of Desire (A working title)
200 years doesn't sound like
Posted on Mon, 16 Dec 2019
200 years doesn't sound like rapid change, but I guess it's all a matter of perspective.
Read full commentPosted in Creative Media and Sales : Ch.16d The Decline of Civilisation
Lovely story and true too.
Posted on Wed, 11 Dec 2019
Lovely story and true too.
Read full commentPosted in Author's Day
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