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I have 1193 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3069891 times and 1221 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1745 of my 15,865 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1786 votes

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You didn’t need to be a fortune teller to work out what Granda was thinking. Eyes windows of the soul, but eyebrows garbed like two grey squirrel...
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Rambling

Rambled away – weather grey No road and mud suckled Muckle on Hold my coat aloft Breezed away into the day Hills that hug Jag-eyed vision of...
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a dowry

Memories inside the track Train filled with cinders Empty carriages Tossing and turning time The coal of life burning Firebox of hushed silences And...
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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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1745 of my comments have received 1786 Great Feedback votes

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panic indeed. simple sentence

Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2015

panic indeed. simple sentence are good, but look for a bit more variety. 

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Posted in Panic Room

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check on your Mum as a name

Posted on Mon, 02 Nov 2015

check on your Mum as a name and as a description (eg my mum). I'm not sure how jaggy stones catch elbows (too high up the body) in opening paragraph. That apart. The tone is just right. Possible story of the week. Gets my vote. 

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Posted in Fly like Superman

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ouch, sock on the wrong

Posted on Sun, 25 Oct 2015

ouch, sock on the wrong appendage, the wrong foot that's not a foot. As all good stories it starts as one think (alternative therapy) and melds into something deeper, lighter and heavier. 

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Posted in White Light

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art for art's sake that is

Posted on Sun, 11 Oct 2015

art for art's sake that is why we create. money counterfeits that scheme, but leaves us queasy and uneasy with what is real. 

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Posted in Barcelona

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there's no stupidity in not

Posted on Sat, 19 Sep 2015

there's no stupidity in not knowing. Stupidity is when we kid on we do Jean. 

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Posted in CAPABILITY FOR WORK

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I remember the brothers well.

Posted on Tue, 06 Oct 2015

I remember the brothers well. My neighbours Dingle Dingleberrry were distintly related to the Dingleberry and had troule finding his toes. The Steampowered Valet disrober was a boon as it allowed him to look the other way when it was put into...

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Posted in A Victorian Gentleman and the Steam Age

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primal beauty. 

Posted on Mon, 05 Oct 2015

primal beauty. 

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Posted in Starry, Starry Night

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an interesting insight into

Posted on Fri, 02 Oct 2015

an interesting insight into what it means to be a boxer, both inside and outside the ring. 

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Posted in The Boxing Match From A Boxer's Perspective

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you goose tina, this poem

Posted on Thu, 01 Oct 2015

you goose tina, this poem flies. 

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Posted in Come October

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as[]well as some brooches, 

Posted on Mon, 28 Sep 2015

as[]well as some brooches, 

to invisible, microscopic bacteria [he can't see them or sense them [cut]

he was in fact meditating [cut, you're telling the reader something he is aware of [cut?]

never[]mind

lovely, really...

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Posted in Jake Mutant - Chapter Two

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