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I have 1203 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3294149 times and 1233 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1810 of my 15,878 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1859 votes

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You Can't Take Away a Nation.

You can’t take away how we grow. But that is how it seems. What the fuck do you know? Cameron, Clegg, Miliband, cui bono ? Bollinger babblers and...

Muddler

A puddle for a head. Do the maths. I’m in decline. But I feel fine. I’m human. That’s my failing. A life past caring. I’m glitter and glue. Tweaked...
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Hope Street

She loved that story of how they met. Telling it to her friend Julie on a rare night out made her smile and her voice shine. She is tender with...
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Lockhart 2

I wish things could have been different. The moon shimmered through the uncurtained windows giving a metallic glow to the room. I was splintered in...
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Lockhart

I’m looking back at notebooks we kept at Marxist school. It wasn’t called that of of course. It was a loose collective of forward looking people...

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1810 of my comments have received 1859 Great Feedback votes

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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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Childhood’s a place, son, and

Posted on Sun, 20 Apr 2014

Childhood’s a place, son, and not a time. ' visited and revisited. A holiday from the self. Lovely. 

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Posted in At Holcombe Beach (I.P.)

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thanks blackjack, I'm working

Posted on Fri, 23 Aug 2013

thanks blackjack, I'm working my way through it, knocking off the crusty corners of the worst bloomers.

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Posted in school photos

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I don't know enough about

Posted on Wed, 02 Apr 2014

I don't know enough about poetry to coment about rhythm, metre or lieation, but the imagery is wonderful and the voice is true.

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Posted in It is I, Abiku

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the crew seem afire and I'm

Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2014

the crew seem afire and I'm sure that death and glory is their desire.

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Posted in The Crew of the Wolverine

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supernatural ending Vera.

Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2014

supernatural ending Vera. which means you can do and say anythng and nobody believes you.

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Posted in school photos 71

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I'm sure Kellen could get

Posted on Sat, 22 Mar 2014

I'm sure Kellen could get used to Jake and others' suffering and getting payback.

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Posted in Gifts That Cost Your Soul 3

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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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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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