celticman
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I have 1182 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2723419 times
and 1208 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1674 of my 15,608 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1707 votes
My stories
Goatie
MIASMA. That’s the word I was trying to remember. It’s all a bit stupid. It doesn’t really exist in the same way it did then as an invasive force. But you’ve still got the hangover of the word hanging like a bad smell.
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Maddy.
She could have laughed—her daughter, a mother. Madeline had been a fat baby. A happy baby with a heart like a sounding harp. She missed combing her...
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Schmooze control
I should cleave each word with an axe and burn it. Half asleep at the wheel. Not drunk but on snooze control. I find my own way home as my life goes...
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Grace
I held out a fish supper, warm in my hand, still in its wrapper. ‘Here, yeh want this?’ Local Joe was standing in George Square, emptying a black bag...
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British Bulldog.
My eyes closed on the train journey home. I’d jumped out of my seat, pulling my rucksack from the rack above my head and made a run for it as the...
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oh, she should meet some of
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
oh, she should meet some of the other freaks! casual, but deadly. There's something insidious about AI communicating wirelessly. I think we need Spock's input. (Not the baby guy).
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You.. - Part 34
we are the children who read
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
we are the children who read and are read to. beautiful in it's way. a golden past.
Read full commentPosted in Bedtime Stories
great depth to the big end
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
great depth to the big end(ing).
Read full commentPosted in The Big End
winter is sighing...me too, I
Posted on Thu, 12 Sep 2024
winter is sighing...me too, I love the sunshine and light, but hey, more time or reading and writing.
Read full commentPosted in Escape To Ridgeway
great writing, as always.
Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
great writing, as always. 'Maggie's head popped up.' I'd change that.
Read full commentPosted in Taking Care 4 (vi) - Day Centre
a bit of everything,
Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024
a bit of everything, including romance (of sorts).
Read full commentPosted in The Accountant
invisible spiders tend not to
Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024
invisible spiders tend not to be so invisible lately. four biggies in one day!
Read full commentPosted in New BREED
great characterisation which
Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024
great characterisation which shows nothing much happening, but everything much what is going on.
Read full commentPosted in Taking Care 4 (iv) - Day Centre
thanks david, it would be
Posted on Wed, 04 Sep 2024
thanks david, it would be great if damien could emualte Orwell, but well...not many writers do.
Read full commentPosted in the lost manuscript.
we're all devils at times.
Posted on Sat, 07 Sep 2024
we're all devils at times. but the idea of a meritocracy was a step too far! Good to see the narrator see through that lie.
Read full commentPosted in No escape from reality
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