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I have 1182 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2681584 times and 1208 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1671 of my 15,599 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1704 votes

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Hellish Heaven 2

The examination couch had greenish paper towels covering it. I was scared more than humiliated. Cool and sticky. My presence on the couch soon to be...
Cherry

Hellish Heaven

The Receptionist answered on the third of fourth ring, giving out the same information in a robotic monotone. There were no doctor’s appointments...
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Cherry

Love Story 24

I’d kissed Ali’s cheek when we left the church. Felt the novelty and glad feeling of having done the right thing. Even though Mum didn’t say so, I...
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Cherry

Love Story 23

It rained every day and everything closed in before the funeral. Mum had time for a fag before we got into the chauffeured car. The cortege set off,...
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Love Story 22

The Constable looked too small to be a cop even on his tiptoes. A parvenu in uniform just out of the wrapper did little to disguise his weedy build...

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1671 of my comments have received 1704 Great Feedback votes

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a lovely biography, Jenny . I

Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2025

a lovely biography, Jenny . I alway look for snippets of mysely in other's memories. 

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Posted in School Reunion

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cauliflower theft is growing.

Posted on Sat, 08 Feb 2025

cauliflower theft is growing. glad they could nip it in the bud. 

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Posted in Paradise found

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I don't think many folk would

Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2025

I don't think many folk would say dementia was a joke. 

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Posted in BITING THE BULLET.

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ah, a new level of worries. I

Posted on Fri, 07 Feb 2025

ah, a new level of worries. I think I want to be a cyborg now. The problem of facsimilie humans is they are designed mainly for sex work and some of them are children. What a fucked-up world we live in. 

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 51

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hope is all we have,

Posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2025

hope is all we have, sometimes, literally, waiting for bread crumbs. 

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Posted in "Fragile"

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ah, poor mannikin, he'll

Posted on Wed, 05 Feb 2025

ah, poor mannikin, he'll never live it down. 

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Posted in The Body in the Library

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ice cream with no money. Now

Posted on Fri, 31 Jan 2025

ice cream with no money. Now there's a thought. Worse. Coffee, nearly £4. Wow. I'm going to hide under a bridge too. Keep going. Nearly done. 

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 50

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forgetting the holocaust

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2025

Mark Hodkinson makes the same point, airy. When the last man or woman dies, the last witness. Deny. Deny. Deny. Forget. It's part of the curriculum in English schools. But then, why bother? A bit boring. A bit much. Of no relevance? The Holocaust...

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Posted in hiding in plain site

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the murdered become murderers

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2025

the murdered become murderers, victims of genoice, commit genocide. Nothing good to report. But how can we stay silent? 

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illusion is allusion. That's

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

illusion is allusion. That's the way memory work. Yeh! 

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Posted in Portal

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