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I have 1182 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2673161 times
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sense and insensibility
‘It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.’ Pride and Prejudice. Could she...
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free rites
You’ve come a long way From nits in your hair Suit yourself Tears of anger and shame When you went hame Mum would say ‘The world’s just that way’ It’...
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the honourable member for Witney
Best thinking comes from not thinking The proud voice is the loud voice Pontification of what need to be done The great nob-game of bob-a-job To keep...
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poet on the rack
Philosophers and poets discuss how it is to be More tree than tree Point of view fucks off to Timbuktu Imagination pickled on a straight line In...
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Land lubber
Only the sea contains the sea Laws of sensation Balance on moon beams Light burning in the turn Roll and crest and crown Crop of water healing below...
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start chiselling now lavadis
Posted on Fri, 13 Jun 2014
start chiselling now lavadis
Read full commentPosted in Unbounders Away
not sure what a foofie valve
Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2014
not sure what a foofie valve is, but the competition is hotting up.
Read full commentPosted in Competing - Prologue 2
What I've read so far is
Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2014
What I've read so far is intriguing.
Read full commentPosted in Competing - Prologue 1
the use of quartz stone for
Posted on Fri, 23 May 2014
the use of quartz stone for freezing it one of those details that make everything so real. Look forward to more. Another great episode. I'm wondering what Ian's game is? Something about him getting drunk so easily points to some kind of illness?...
Read full commentPosted in Ch4: May 15th part 2
what room? You lucky knob.
Posted on Sun, 11 May 2014
what room? You lucky knob. Fifteen and I was still working out what to do with it.
Read full commentPosted in The Walthamstow Bird
not sure about the Panda Gods
Posted on Sun, 11 May 2014
not sure about the Panda Gods and 'Dawn lighted the sky...' doesn't sound right, but apart from that some beautiful descriptions.
Read full commentPosted in Triptych
yep, a close call with those
Posted on Sat, 03 May 2014
yep, a close call with those clowns. It was so close it was surreal. Great story. I'm not familiair with all those American shows, but I guess you nose that.
Read full commentPosted in A Nose by Any Other Name
Childhood’s a place, son, and
Posted on Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Childhood’s a place, son, and not a time. ' visited and revisited. A holiday from the self. Lovely.
Read full commentPosted in At Holcombe Beach (I.P.)
thanks blackjack, I'm working
Posted on Fri, 23 Aug 2013
thanks blackjack, I'm working my way through it, knocking off the crusty corners of the worst bloomers.
Read full commentPosted in school photos
I don't know enough about
Posted on Wed, 02 Apr 2014
I don't know enough about poetry to coment about rhythm, metre or lieation, but the imagery is wonderful and the voice is true.
Read full commentPosted in It is I, Abiku
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