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I have 1205 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3443895 times
and 1237 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1850 of my 15,995 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1904 votes
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poppy's last shout
Cast adrift. Poppy’s single room in the hospital annex is sparse and milky as a bone. The umbilical cord of the machine by her bed works almost...
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The big Malky
Frank took two days to hitchhike down to London. It was all new. A night sleeping in a plastic bin bag sheltering outside a Tube station, with what...
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snap
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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a joy to the heart indeed.
Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2017
a joy to the heart indeed.
Read full commentPosted in Amazed
summer in essence.
Posted on Sat, 24 Jun 2017
summer in essence.
Read full commentPosted in Summer Thrills.
nature's grand design, right
Posted on Sun, 18 Jun 2017
nature's grand design, right enough.
Read full commentPosted in The Ghost Queen.
sometimes I rub against my
Posted on Thu, 15 Jun 2017
sometimes I rub against my ignorance and give it a shine. I know this. I know.
Read full commentPosted in Strange and Familiar Faces
the god paradox. Man can be
Posted on Wed, 17 May 2017
the god paradox. Man can be searching for something. I've no answers
Read full commentPosted in A Different Kind of Prayer (Part 2)
Fathers are a strange breed.
Posted on Mon, 01 May 2017
Fathers are a strange breed. I didn't know mine either, even though he was nominally there when my mum brought us up. I take after my father, of course.
Read full commentPosted in Shlamek
aye, as an old baldy, I
Posted on Sat, 18 Mar 2017
aye, as an old baldy, I sympathise. No next time!
Read full commentPosted in The border of earth
nicely done.
Posted on Fri, 10 Mar 2017
nicely done.
Read full commentPosted in 'Sourire' Haiku Set
a trumpet for a brother, a
Posted on Sun, 26 Feb 2017
a trumpet for a brother, a trumpet for a sister, my guess is your guess, is that the broom that sweeps may, indeed, sweep us all away.
Read full commentPosted in Brocken Spectre
I know lots of stories about
Posted on Fri, 24 Feb 2017
I know lots of stories about drinking and drunks, some funny, some sad, some funny and sad at the same time. How do we reach honesty? That's a different story, and one which I'm not quite sure how it ends. I think you've had a good crack at here...
Read full commentPosted in A familiar through-line
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