celticman
Primary tabs
I have 1221 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3811957 times
and 1261 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1992 of my 16,351 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2063 votes
My stories
on the last day of Christmas
Sometimes it’s better not to be born. I’m a dreamer. That’s worse than being normal. I play that tune in my head and look out the eight floor window...
- Read more about on the last day of Christmas
- 15 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 8817 reads
school photos
The little girl went down in the slush, not hard, the way adults do, but in that soft boned sprawling way kids have. She was a cute little thing in...
- Read more about school photos
- 27 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 16362 reads
Bystander
Life meant life when I was young and stories started at the beginning with Hen-Len and Chicken-Licken and the sky falling down. I was born to a...
- Read more about Bystander
- 9 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 4348 reads
They don't here
Children in history books die of hunger Turn the leaf of the page They don’t here Children in history books die of disease Turn the leaf of the page...
- Read more about They don't here
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1385 reads
patchwork
running with the rhyme, should be a crime.
- Read more about patchwork
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 926 reads
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.
Read full commentPosted in Grandad's Party - Chapter 1 of 3
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.
Read full commentPosted in Reviews - In The Day by Kevin Marman
It's a bit like a video game.
Posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2014
It's a bit like a video game.
Read full commentPosted in Euphoria Blake: Infernally Divine
really liked this elsie,
Posted on Mon, 13 Jan 2014
really liked this elsie, rings true. That's the best compliment I can give.
Read full commentPosted in Other Fiction - Treasure Island
A Dickens of a poem. Well
Posted on Mon, 09 Dec 2013
A Dickens of a poem. Well done!
Read full commentPosted in Havisham
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.
Read full commentPosted in Within the Mirrors
enjoyed this. thanks.
Posted on Sun, 26 Oct 2008
enjoyed this. thanks.Read full commentPosted in Bonnie Prince Charlie and the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion
I especially liked the first
Posted on Mon, 01 Aug 2011
I especially liked the first stanza, but that is maybe that was just my certain boyish impulses. Great stuff Chris. It's not often I'm proud of 'Futility.'Read full commentPosted in Futility
evocative. well done.
Posted on Thu, 09 Sep 2010
evocative. well done.Read full commentPosted in The approach of winter
Needs a bit of proof reading
Posted on Tue, 09 Mar 2010
Needs a bit of proof reading eg 'She was an attractive and she knew it.' And there is a bit or repetition, you could cut a few hundred words quite easily. A good story, which I enjoyed.Read full commentPosted in Blood Money
Pages