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I have 1205 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3445314 times and 1237 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1850 of my 15,999 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1904 votes

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Jack O'Donnell

 

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Is it fun being impossibly young? Am I too old to care What you wear? What I wear Without a care? T-shirts, chains, all a dazzle. Soulboys’ greasy...

In Closing

Years roll down your face – historic Hysterical Pack a paunch to your gut A hundred billion neurons die Now you know why Diet You what-the-fuck...
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Cherry
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10 Near Death Experiences (but there's only 5 NDEs because I'm still alive).

Ten near-death experiences. I don’t remember this NDE, but I’ve got reliable witnesses lined up to testify, although not on me, that it’s true. I was...
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Cherry

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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1850 of my comments have received 1904 Great Feedback votes

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I can see the problem. And I

Posted on Mon, 24 Dec 2018

I can see the problem. And I can see the solution. But I've just not got enough sticky tape to join them together. 

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Posted in A to B

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there's a lot of love here. 

Posted on Fri, 21 Dec 2018

there's a lot of love here. 

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Posted in love and laundry

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a cave is a great place to

Posted on Tue, 11 Dec 2018

a cave is a great place to build characterisation from. keep going. 

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Posted in The Cave Chapter 1

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grief is a bell Harry (Kevin)

Posted on Sat, 17 Nov 2018

grief is a bell Harry (Kevin), and your story rings true. 

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (Blood)

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serenity, one of the few

Posted on Fri, 16 Nov 2018

serenity, one of the few things you can't buy. And great writing, well, you can buy that. I had the last meeting with my writing mentor Carl Mac Dougall today and he mentioned James Joyce and his story The Dead as being pretty much perfect., The...

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (The Night Before)

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wonderful story telling. I'd

Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2018

wonderful story telling. I'd add Tom (Cruise) surname, I had to think about it and lazy people like me don't like to come out of the flow of the story to do that. brilliant. 

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Posted in Sass (Part 2)

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yes, what happened in

Posted on Sun, 11 Nov 2018

yes, what happened in Sarajevo spread through the Slavic nations and engulfed us all. 

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Posted in Achilleio

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that's what I call desperate

Posted on Thu, 08 Nov 2018

that's what I call desperate and sad Jenny, but what do I know? good story Harry, I'm sure it's a metaphor for living. 

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Posted in Band of One

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a chapbook of wise sayiings,

Posted on Tue, 06 Nov 2018

a chapbook of wise sayiings, I foolishly enjoyed reading. keep writing. 

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Posted in Scattered Wounds: I should like to understand myself properly before it is too late

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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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