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I have 1214 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3535008 times
and 1249 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1885 of my 16,098 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1944 votes
My stories
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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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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where are our friends,.
Posted on Wed, 06 Dec 2017
where are our friends,. indeed?
Read full commentPosted in Touch Me Not
nicely done. grown-ups are
Posted on Sat, 11 Nov 2017
nicely done. grown-ups are weird. That's why I refuse to grow up.
Read full commentPosted in Poppy
nice rhyme for halloween is
Posted on Mon, 30 Oct 2017
nice rhyme for halloween is ghostly time.
Read full commentPosted in All Hallow’s Day
I guess with hpyerbole and
Posted on Thu, 26 Oct 2017
I guess with hpyerbole and hyperreality sometimes we forget we're not always right.
Read full commentPosted in Indifferent
the sun brings its own
Posted on Thu, 26 Oct 2017
the sun brings its own medicine and this seems ancient and modern. The phrase, 'for wounded, beyond make mend' is slightly clumsy. I know what you mean, but simpler with 'beyond mend'.
Read full commentPosted in Broken
trays were our sleighs
Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2017
trays were our sleighs
puss-in-boot style boots [too many boots. reword eg footware.
I'm not sure faces would be little, when you're little. Take out the uncertainties. eg, [perhaps with] a little ethnic design.
two-and-a-...
Read full commentPosted in Yellow Ribbons
the girls ruptured nose [girl
Posted on Sat, 30 Sep 2017
the girls ruptured nose [girl's]
her left leg juddered in a spasm, then with a slow exhale,
the pretty girl died. [formatting error here, but perhaps not in your text]
wonderful scene setting and writing.
Read full commentPosted in The girl with the Maroon lipstick (excerpt from Eagles Hunt Wolves)
stolent moments can be sweet.
Posted on Wed, 20 Sep 2017
stolent moments can be sweet.
Read full commentPosted in The Journey
yep, often wonder how women
Posted on Sat, 16 Sep 2017
yep, often wonder how women walk on those heels. heads in the clouds
Read full commentPosted in Heels
yep, I guess so
Posted on Sat, 16 Sep 2017
yep, I guess so
Read full commentPosted in First Love
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