celticman

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I have 1180 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2649641 times and 1206 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1661 of my 15,564 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1693 votes

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flockers 12

Went to see Myra the next day. Wasn’t sure if it was the right thing to do. Wasn’t sure she’d want to see me. Whenever I appeared things got worse...
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mystic mike

I will punish myself with myself drift on –alone putty around the edges stylites from the nineties council house and dog man without a job ascetic...
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flockers 11

Swirled whisky around my tongue. Listened to the shrill see-saw cadence and frenzied excitement in his voice and the little gulps of silence. Poured...
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flockers 10

Must admit the journey home was constrained, especially on the train. Didn’t see much of Myra in the next few weeks. Neither of us had a phone. Put...
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flockers 9

Felt better. Scrubbed up as best as I could in the morning, a complexion like boiled pink ham, showed a face no mother would kiss. Breakfast a...

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1661 of my comments have received 1693 Great Feedback votes

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evernow is to be the person

Posted on Sun, 12 Apr 2015

evernow is to be the person we want to be. Lovely. 

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Posted in Forever frozen on the flipside of the night.

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family worries, how we scurry

Posted on Wed, 08 Apr 2015

family worries, how we scurry to and fro from that worry. 

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Posted in Cinderellas Have Stubble Too

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A stor[e]y below 

Posted on Fri, 27 Mar 2015

A stor[e]y below 

so the journey begins. Not sure why anyone would volunteer their child for sacrifice. The story of a lottery and sacrifice for the good of the land is more common.

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Posted in Dancing Silhouettes

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take a deep breath, powerful.

Posted on Wed, 04 Mar 2015

take a deep breath, powerful. 

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Posted in Deterioration Haiku

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we're all capitalists now

Posted on Wed, 11 Feb 2015

we're all capitalists now comrade. 

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Posted in an American thinks of Russia

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yes, I like it too. 

Posted on Wed, 04 Feb 2015

yes, I like it too. 

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Posted in Orbital (fourth position)

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plot against the crows, often

Posted on Sun, 25 Jan 2015

plot against the crows, often difficult but a lasting image. 

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Posted in Earth Heart (3)

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writers'faces. I was very sad

Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2015

writers'faces. I was very sad to hear about Terence Oblongs death. We spent many a day on the mountain of Just Fucking Write and I must say he was an inspiration. I was a bit peeved however to find I'll be sharing the Valley of the Giant Stoats...

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Posted in The death of Terrence Oblong

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I like these tales of Emer's

Posted on Sat, 10 Jan 2015

I like these tales of Emer's Ireland and Archie Given going taking his life. 

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Posted in The Hill in the Pale

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I read it in one gulp, but it

Posted on Thu, 01 Jan 2015

I read it in one gulp, but it went down smoothly. Lovely as a draught of a draught. 

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Posted in Christmas Game Over

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