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Steelie 6

By celticman on Thu, 13 Mar 2025

He leaned forward, the ink from the Racing news and rough wood of the table digging into his forearms. A nimbus of light seemed to drift and spread...

Noir

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Steelie 5

By celticman on Fri, 21 Feb 2025

Brodie’s breath smelled of stale whisky. He glinted at him with darkened eyes. ‘How did you know my mum’s name was Martha?’ The quarter-gill glass...

Drama

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Steelie 4

By celticman on Wed, 19 Feb 2025

Steelie nudged him. ‘Get another round in. Tae even think of Cockeyed Bill’s stink’s making me boak.’ Brodie’s eyes felt heavy. He hadn’t drunk...

Drama

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Steelie 3

By celticman on Tue, 11 Feb 2025

Brodie said, ‘Well, I’ll be off.’ His American accent no longer bugged Steelie. He warmed to it as he warmed to the troubled man. ‘I’ll no keep yae...

Drama

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anger and impotence. We

Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021

anger and impotence. We nullify outself as we look on at the slow-moving end ot it all. This is great. It captures how we feel.

Posted in Drilling Out Blame

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yes, our noisy ghosts are

Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021

yes, our noisy ghosts are often within, and found in the sin of dissociation.

Posted in Esther Cox

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watch, learn, pay attention.

Posted on Mon, 16 Aug 2021

watch, learn, pay attention. A mantra I wish, I wish, I could.

Posted in Naples: balcony overlooking Via Firenza

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group hug and the longest wee

Posted on Tue, 08 Jun 2021

group hug and the longest wee in history. Go girl. Great story.

Posted in Pride

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It is a heavy burden your

Posted on Wed, 14 Apr 2021

It is a heavy burden your words carry with grace.

Posted in Setting Sons

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I didn't like my dad. You

Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021

I didn't like my dad. You always get that assertion dressed as a question, aye, but you must have loved him? No. The strange thing is every year that passes I get more like him. This too will pass is the obvious piece of advice. But there's no...

Posted in How do you forgive a parent?

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to teach them a lesson.. Yeh

Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2020

to teach them a lesson.. Yeh, that about sums up genocide.

Posted in Pins (6)

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lovely. words that bewitch.

Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2020

lovely. words that bewitch. images that travel. wisdom in poetic form.