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I have 1179 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2648303 times and 1205 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Steelie 12

The clack of the pool balls behind Sharon’s head, a metronome, marked the growing silence between them. ‘I better get back,’ she croaked, not really...
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Steelie 11

‘Don’t worry too much,’ Steelie spoke out of the side of his mouth.‘Yer common-sense has goin missing. It happens quite a lot around here. Usually it...
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Cherry

Steelie 10

Rain lashed against the windows and brought a clatter of feet from the smokers outside. A man with a scar bisecting his chin, swaggered over to their...
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Cherry

Steelie 9

A dog howled outside the front windows. The sound cutting through the pub. Brodie looked at Steelie, his hard gaze softening when he moved empty...
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Steelie 8

‘Right, that’s it,’ growled DI Griffin. ‘You’ve taken the piss wance too often. I’m taking you in.’ He muttered to himself while searching behind his...
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1659 of my comments have received 1691 Great Feedback votes

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I hope we're swinging  back

Posted on Sat, 29 Jul 2023

I hope we're swinging  back into the light. Maybe not yet, Maybe not ever. But the hope sings in your poem. 

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Posted in "Murky Waters"

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I guess we all see worthless

Posted on Mon, 01 May 2023

I guess we all see worthless coins sometimes. but to trade them for words and poetry is to create a new currency. 

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Posted in The thought of it

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death has a way or reminding

Posted on Fri, 27 Jan 2023

death has a way or reminding us not to eat sweaty cheese. 

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Posted in end of the pier

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it's a dog's life, but

Posted on Fri, 09 Dec 2022

it's a dog's life, but sometimes it isn't. The transmigration of the soul takes many forms (so we're told). Why not a dog? Or a cat? Or a Tory? Too far, sorry. 

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Posted in The Last Wish of Christmas

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War and Peace, you'll need to

Posted on Fri, 02 Dec 2022

War and Peace, you'll need to saw my arm off. I hitchhiked through France, well, the Frrench bits, with a guy that had his arm in a sling. It was dead, but he couldn't bear to lose it. I understood that. I'd have been the same, Hoping for an arm(...

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Posted in Troy and Me (A Christmas Tale) Part 2

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you never do know what

Posted on Sun, 15 May 2022

you never do know what enlightenment will be. Settle for the fish tea. 

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Posted in "Willow's Tail" 28

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life is a shock perhaps

Posted on Fri, 06 May 2022

life is a shock perhaps unplanned, but you've got the fight to stay that way here. 

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Posted in wheels to rotors

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Good question, most Prime

Posted on Mon, 18 Apr 2022

Good question, most Prime Minister are duirng the honeymoon period regarded as competent. I don't include Boris in that, of course. David Cameron gave us austerity, by us I mean poor people. He gave rich people even more riches. And then he gave...

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Posted in Pointless Boris (Part One of Two)

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I think this is unlikely as a

Posted on Thu, 20 Jan 2022

I think this is unlikely as a Trump presidecy, Oops, that happened. 

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Posted in BBC TV Listings, Wednesday January 21st 2032.

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perhaps this year perhaps

Posted on Fri, 07 Jan 2022

perhaps this year perhaps next. in the end it's the end. 

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Posted in Resolution

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