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I have 1213 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3499849 times and 1247 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1874 of my 16,062 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1931 votes

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Cherry

the big check up

Heart - the proper place to start Too snug to be riled Liver- there’s the boy Loved fatty food and all things crude Kidneys - pissed away Indelible...
Cherry

Countdown

Countdown When Helen got the telephone call that her Da was dead she was curled up on one end of the couch watching Countdown, painting her toenails...

Waiting

Fog clouds and claws Cling-things of the flesh Earth a smoking pit Mountains made to fit Unmanable things as sea Albino plants Fallen lies of the...

strides

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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1874 of my comments have received 1931 Great Feedback votes

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a pyramid of selves go on

Posted on Mon, 11 Feb 2019

a pyramid of selves go on every expediton. Interesting. 

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Posted in PCT Beginning

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this is great. Charlie and

Posted on Thu, 07 Feb 2019

this is great. Charlie and Eliza are so sweet and believeable. 

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Posted in Charlie and Eliza (Pt 1)

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brialliant. Everythng is

Posted on Wed, 06 Feb 2019

brialliant. Everythng is there in front and behind the reader and Chantelle is someone we know so well, without having to look up from the screen. My only qualm is stick in a litte nudge to the reader that it's a minibus and not a car the...

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Posted in An Outing: Part One

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keep costs to a minimum,

Posted on Fri, 01 Feb 2019

keep costs to a minimum, drive labour costs down and the labour force to work harder and harder. Run a monopoloy that's not a monopoly. Make vast profits that are not profits. Yes. meet Amazon. Nicely done. 

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Posted in Pontius (Ch.15): Part 1

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nothing changes, steal from

Posted on Wed, 30 Jan 2019

nothing changes, steal from the poor to give to the rich. 2019 to 1979. Thatcher/Reagan. 

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Posted in The Husbandry Of Youth

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under the nod - great term,

Posted on Wed, 30 Jan 2019

under the nod - great term, sums up so much. Great story, keep moving. Storey is the British spelling for housing. You've got story, if that's American English that's fine. Otherwise, have another look. 

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Posted in The Tar Pit (1 of 9)

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I'd ditch the first 3

Posted on Tue, 29 Jan 2019

I'd ditch the first 3 paragrapsh, but the rest is the walk of life. yeh, I found it funny my mate's dad like Dire Straits. Dirge I thought. But I was never into music. Brooksy made of glass. Doomed. Dire, I know, but brilliant. 

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Posted in Brooksy

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yeh, we were always tougher

Posted on Fri, 25 Jan 2019

yeh, we were always tougher back in the old days. or so the story goes...

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Posted in 21st Century Kids

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as we get older the world

Posted on Fri, 25 Jan 2019

as we get older the world spins quicker. 

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Posted in My Attention Span Is Getting Steadily Shorter

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it's a bit too deep for me,

Posted on Thu, 24 Jan 2019

it's a bit too deep for me, but I liked your brevity. Keep it going. 

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Posted in FactoidMan and ShallowMan

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