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7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3576153 times
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flockers
Nobody expected Charlie Dean to be a success. Big teeth that flashed like butcher’s knives, he had the kind of bully-boy laugh that made you want to...
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the tug boat
The Tug Boat pub was infected by McAllisters. He turned to go before he was spotted, but he made his move too late. ‘Happy Anniversary’ went the war...
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Toy-town.
A girl is broken. Clocks slide slowly forward. Gouging out bruised life in chunks. Short days. Endless nights. On the wrong time. On the wrong line...
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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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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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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...
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if you don't know if it's
Posted on Mon, 23 Jan 2017
if you don't know if it's fact or fiction, then that's a good measure. Not that it matters. We're all fictional creations. Life catches us all. Death, last and forever.
Read full commentPosted in Dave Swakeley is Dying
two storey. (American
Posted on Sat, 11 Feb 2017
two storey. (American spelling story). Giro? seems more British than Russian. I guess there's no hyphen in bar top. You don't need top anyway. Bar is sufficient. There's a jump between Putin drinknig and leaving that is muddled. 'Turning on old...
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She aimed a finger at my head
Posted on Wed, 08 Feb 2017
She aimed a finger at my head, and slowly moved it forward until it rested on the gateway of my cursed recession. ' Descriptively, you know what you mean and I know what you mean after I read on, but maybe recession as a lead into baldness is...
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cheers Elsie, I guess the
Posted on Mon, 23 Jan 2017
cheers Elsie, I guess the house is like many others in which the man is king, the wive loyal servant, told what to think and what to do.
Read full commentPosted in grimms16
juxtaposition of life and
Posted on Sat, 07 Jan 2017
juxtaposition of life and death, aye. Makes you think.
Read full commentPosted in Waters
sounds a wee bit like Harry
Posted on Sun, 01 Jan 2017
sounds a wee bit like Harry Kane and a mix of Alex Ferguson and Bill Shankley as the manager.
Read full commentPosted in The Loanee - A Promising Future
christmas and new year number
Posted on Thu, 29 Dec 2016
christmas and new year number one, well done.
Read full commentPosted in Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Mourning?
I've always wanted a tsunami
Posted on Mon, 19 Dec 2016
I've always wanted a tsunami you could fold up in your pocket.
Read full commentPosted in Her father was a thunderstorm
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