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7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3234960 times
and 1224 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1808 of my 16,038 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1854 votes
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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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two tone
Two Tone is one of those guy that make your life more interesting than you want it to be. He’s called Two Tone because his skin looks as if it’s been...
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a lesson learned.
Sometimes your life unravels and you know how it happens but you don’t. The phone rings. I check the number. It’s Doreen. I let it ring out. It...
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The Last Act of Love.
Dr Love placed the folders carefully on the table between a tape cassettes, with ear-muffler headphones plugged into it, and an unplugged kettle the...
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simple men
‘Nothing to shout about,’ said Lawson. ‘Nothing to worry about either. Quick in and out job.’ He fidgeted, adjusting the specs on his nose. No matter...
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my votes for Darwin. I'm sure
Posted on Sun, 28 Jun 2015
my votes for Darwin. I'm sure God would understand. I'm only a man.
Read full commentPosted in I Can't Believe In Darwin's Theory
Guilt and duty. Those
Posted on Fri, 26 Jun 2015
Guilt and duty. Those sisphyean calls we heed or not are played out here and I like your ending. There's a sadness that runs through the story and finds expression in relief - and guilt.
Read full commentPosted in Doing a good thing
Lovely and gentle
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2015
Lovely and gentle remembrances filled with the flowers and icons of childhood. A treat to read.
Years ago my grandparents did not have TV or fridge a long time; [This is ambiguious. Your grandparents did not have a TV and fridge...
Read full commentPosted in My Childhood in the Countryside
all's well in that flag
Posted on Mon, 22 Jun 2015
all's well in that flag-waving hell, some little grief that runs too deep, or something similiar your may say, but we live to fight another day. That's a ryhme crime!
Read full commentPosted in Berkeley (The Californian Tragedy)
the dead have all the good
Posted on Mon, 22 Jun 2015
the dead have all the good lines and it'd be mad not to enjoy it.
Read full commentPosted in Dan's Dead
to really suffer it must be
Posted on Wed, 17 Jun 2015
to really suffer it must be brocolli. It's green. It's mean. It's obscene. But it's high in something or other. Chocolate is the devil's spawn. I know which way I was born.
Read full commentPosted in A Medal!
wonderful winding ways and
Posted on Fri, 08 May 2015
wonderful winding ways and finding your way home. An interesting journey or pilgramage the purpose of which is not clear, but it doesn't matter, with each step something gives.
Read full commentPosted in Camino 16a – 3 October 2014
interesting fairy-tale type
Posted on Sun, 03 May 2015
interesting fairy-tale type story.
Read full commentPosted in The Ravens of Portobello
the wonders of science in a
Posted on Fri, 01 May 2015
the wonders of science in a kind of frankenstein way. Orginal and entertaining.
Read full commentPosted in Recluse
A nice beat to your poem and
Posted on Mon, 27 Apr 2015
A nice beat to your poem and some great imagery. Well done. Should be sung.
Read full commentPosted in CITY
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