celticman
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I have 1194 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3110430 times
and 1222 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1757 of my 15,903 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1798 votes
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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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King of the Dole
Eleven o’clock opening. Davie wedged himself on his usual barstool with his back to the mosaic of square windows. He leaned across a bar still wet...
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the mastery of time seems to
Posted on Sat, 14 Nov 2015
the mastery of time seems to be your line. I guess Switzerland isn't much of a date, especially if you've left life too late, but what wonderful recall, it's a lesson to us all.
Read full commentPosted in 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World'
time spins and
Posted on Wed, 11 Nov 2015
time spins and circumnavigates and I guess we place our bet of whose to blame on the table, never thinking our number will come up.
Read full commentPosted in oot ma heed.
panic indeed. simple sentence
Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2015
panic indeed. simple sentence are good, but look for a bit more variety.
Read full commentPosted in Panic Room
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.
Read full commentPosted in Fly like Superman
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.
Read full commentPosted in White Light
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.
Read full commentPosted in Barcelona
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.
Read full commentPosted in CAPABILITY FOR WORK
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...
Read full commentPosted in A Victorian Gentleman and the Steam Age
primal beauty.
Posted on Mon, 05 Oct 2015
primal beauty.
Read full commentPosted in Starry, Starry Night
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.
Read full commentPosted in The Boxing Match From A Boxer's Perspective
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