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I have 1203 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3282997 times and 1232 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1803 of my 15,863 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1852 votes

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exile

Woke up this morning. She could talk forever. We had less than an hour. Little book of miracles in her hand Understand. We were kind to each other So...
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Cherry
Story of the week

you get what not

Jo warned me, twice, ‘behave yourself’. But she didn’t trust me. Bundled me out the front door, and shoved me down the steps to make sure I got the...
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longest day

Everything different. Everything the same. Room minging of dampness. His bed and mine. I was convalescing after some long illness. I couldn’t...
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Cherry

Shadow

Dan’s birthday. Their bedroom stinks of stale fag smoke, booze and the acrid burn of hash. After giving him his present, and another kind of treat,...
Cherry

uncorrected proof two.

Woke up this morning, start the day with a prayer that my van will kick-over. It’s an Escort, underneath the grime, the faded red insignia of the...
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1803 of my comments have received 1852 Great Feedback votes

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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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poor Jeremy I think the media

Posted on Sat, 26 Sep 2015

poor Jeremy I think the media assault will make him the ploughed field. Good to see Labour finally having some policies that don't mirror tit-for-tat Tory policy eg Miliband's pre-election boast to go with the Tory spending cuts if elected. Fuck...

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Posted in For the love of Jeremy Corbyn

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interesting, I was just

Posted on Thu, 24 Sep 2015

interesting, I was just thinking about something similiar (but different). How each generation weighs time. Trees by their weight of leaves offers the obivious analogy, are we so different? 

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Posted in My Father's House

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the sunset must have invaded

Posted on Tue, 22 Sep 2015

the sunset must have invaded the sky an orange.' I know what you mean, [the sun makes the sky glow orange] a little more care and you'll be right up there. 

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Posted in Running on Desire - The Boat

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there's a kind of coming back

Posted on Mon, 14 Sep 2015

there's a kind of coming back I like, an echo of the past and present, the begining and end. 

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Posted in The sound of my love

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