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I have 1195 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3171327 times and 1223 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1775 of my 15,956 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1817 votes

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Cherry

carrel

You’re not there Side by side as we were Sitting stretched sometimes Sighing and nodding Chasing certain phrases Folded together newspaper pages Worn...

our house

Sometimes I feel really old. I’m sitting in the kitchen when my niece sneaks in the back door. I kid on I hadn’t heard the clatter of hurried feet,...

best days of our lives

Our meetings fraught I’m a fragile thing Flexing home-made wings Balancing on a lid of doubt Bent double with longing Recall our meeting? I come to...
Cherry

Every Day Free

The Asian taxi driver sat with the engine running, a half-full bottle of Irn Bru wedged upside down in a loop near the door, sloshing from one fare...
Cherry

bumblebee

The heart script Let me turn away from you While I still can Find a dance Share the past moves Let me murmur in your ear A manifesto of why we are...

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1775 of my comments have received 1817 Great Feedback votes

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psalms [palms of hands]

Posted on Sat, 02 Aug 2014

psalms [palms of hands]

type out a candlestick

don;t don't

plenty or rain today and I know how the narrator feels.

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Posted in A late summers day

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Fracking bomb is captialised

Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2014

Fracking bomb is captialised and uncapitalised. I share many of your concerns.

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Posted in This life is a plastic wrap

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yeh, who can afford to live

Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2014

yeh, who can afford to live in DC? But you'd need a better imagination to figure house prices in London. 'buy a guy' sounds like an offer and not a preposition.

Oh, the Fab Four, sounds like some obscure band.

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Posted in 17. Do You Believe In Magick?

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start chiselling now lavadis

Posted on Fri, 13 Jun 2014

start chiselling now lavadis

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Posted in Unbounders Away

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not sure what a foofie valve

Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2014

not sure what a foofie valve is, but the competition is hotting up.

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Posted in Competing - Prologue 2

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What I've read so far is

Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2014

What I've read so far is intriguing.

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Posted in Competing - Prologue 1

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the use of quartz stone for

Posted on Fri, 23 May 2014

the use of quartz stone for freezing it one of those details that make everything so real. Look forward to more. Another great episode. I'm wondering what Ian's game is? Something about him getting drunk so easily points to some kind of illness?...

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Posted in Ch4: May 15th part 2

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what room? You lucky knob.

Posted on Sun, 11 May 2014

what room? You lucky knob. Fifteen and I was still working out what to do with it. 

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Posted in The Walthamstow Bird

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not sure about the Panda Gods

Posted on Sun, 11 May 2014

not sure about the Panda Gods and 'Dawn lighted the sky...' doesn't sound right, but apart from that some beautiful descriptions.

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Posted in Triptych

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yep, a close call with those

Posted on Sat, 03 May 2014

yep, a close call with those clowns. It was so close it was surreal. Great story. I'm not familiair with all those American shows, but I guess you nose that.

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Posted in A Nose by Any Other Name

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