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I have 1190 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2954083 times and 1218 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1715 of my 15,757 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1752 votes

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Jack O'Donnell

 

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the fifth day

It was the fifth hour, after the day of rest, when in he went down. A great silence filled the trees and dust lay over all the land. In the shadows,...
Cherry

agonising questions

Pain we get free? No’ well? – some liberty! Get down on your knees and pray You don’t have to be that way It’s no easy becoming Freud Asking question...
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snakes and adders

After spending our dinner money on sweets, Brendy nipped across from St. Andy’s school and bought two single fags from McLaren’s newsagent for the...
Cherry

the ring of truth

We knew too much of life How to act How to react Kick your cunt in Extraordinary stroke of luck What the fuck? See – you looking at me? Up until then...
Cherry

grace

After a while she put the book down, Flaubert’s Parrot . She’d gotten a bit confused. There was a magazine rack with a pair of tatty blue slippers in...
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1715 of my comments have received 1752 Great Feedback votes

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an oldie, nicely told. I'll

Posted on Sun, 23 Jul 2006

an oldie, nicely told. I'll have a look at your new book. well done

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Posted in An Atheist Family Christmas

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nice story, lovely ending, an

Posted on Sun, 02 Mar 2014

nice story, lovely ending, an aphorism.

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Posted in Más que la belleza

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some lovely imagery.

Posted on Tue, 18 Feb 2014

some lovely imagery.

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Posted in The secret to Hollyhocks

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This is very good. Jason's

Posted on Fri, 14 Feb 2014

This is very good. Jason's voice is just right. You don't need to say 'I make an effort at politeness'. You've already shown it and that's added commentary. Similiarly, appearances' sake is a bit convoluted and would be better left as appearance...

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Posted in Grandad's Party - Chapter 2 of 3

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ah, sweet, but sour, I'll be

Posted on Thu, 13 Feb 2014

ah, sweet, but sour, I'll be watching for more of this, made me smile.

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Posted in Grandad's Party - Chapter 1 of 3

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yep, a book with insight for

Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2014

yep, a book with insight for people that like to read and should be read.

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Posted in Reviews - In The Day by Kevin Marman

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It's a bit like a video game.

Posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2014

It's a bit like a video game.

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Posted in Euphoria Blake: Infernally Divine

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really liked this elsie,

Posted on Mon, 13 Jan 2014

really liked this elsie, rings true. That's the best compliment I can give.

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Posted in Other Fiction - Treasure Island

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A Dickens of a poem. Well

Posted on Mon, 09 Dec 2013

A Dickens of a poem. Well done!

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Posted in Havisham

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I'm not sure what the

Posted on Sun, 24 Nov 2013

I'm not sure what the underlined words or italics are meant to emphasise, but there are lots of surprised in the text and I really liked it.

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Posted in Within the Mirrors

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