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My stories have been read 591711 times
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401 of my 11,812 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 409 votes
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Angel 45 (mercy)
Sunlight filtered through the vertical blinds, the room bright and airy, Angel yawned. The night-shift guard, who introduced herself as Sarah, was...
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Angel 44 (birth)
The midwife made sporadic visits over the weeks and months and she’d told Angel there was nothing to worry about, which was worrying itself. Angel...
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Angel 43 (midwife)
Carla had been chatting, fag in her hand, the debris of breakfast on the table. Angel mentioned that she was to see the midwife that day. ‘Fuck sake...
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Angel 42 (return ticket)
While Mickey was out, scratching around looking for a bit of dope and visiting one of the other prisoners in their cell, Angel tried writing a letter...
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Angel 41 (Lisa's)
During visiting hours, when Angel was downstairs, staff had taken Lisa away. Her cellmate seemed so happy when they had burgers and chips for lunch,...
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saiiling along nicely. The
Posted on Fri, 01 Feb 2019
saiiling along nicely. The hat thing is good, but when you say Stetson, you don't need to keep qualifynig it by hat.
Read full commentPosted in The Tar Pit (2 of 9)
keep costs to a minimum,
Posted on Fri, 01 Feb 2019
keep costs to a minimum, drive labour costs down and the labour force to work harder and harder. Run a monopoloy that's not a monopoly. Make vast profits that are not profits. Yes. meet Amazon. Nicely done.
Read full commentPosted in Pontius (Ch.15): Part 1
nothing changes, steal from
Posted on Wed, 30 Jan 2019
nothing changes, steal from the poor to give to the rich. 2019 to 1979. Thatcher/Reagan.
Read full commentPosted in The Husbandry Of Youth
under the nod - great term,
Posted on Wed, 30 Jan 2019
under the nod - great term, sums up so much. Great story, keep moving. Storey is the British spelling for housing. You've got story, if that's American English that's fine. Otherwise, have another look.
Read full commentPosted in The Tar Pit (1 of 9)
I'd ditch the first 3
Posted on Tue, 29 Jan 2019
I'd ditch the first 3 paragrapsh, but the rest is the walk of life. yeh, I found it funny my mate's dad like Dire Straits. Dirge I thought. But I was never into music. Brooksy made of glass. Doomed. Dire, I know, but brilliant.
Read full commentPosted in Brooksy
yeh, we were always tougher
Posted on Fri, 25 Jan 2019
yeh, we were always tougher back in the old days. or so the story goes...
Read full commentPosted in 21st Century Kids
as we get older the world
Posted on Fri, 25 Jan 2019
as we get older the world spins quicker.
Read full commentPosted in My Attention Span Is Getting Steadily Shorter
a better world indeed.
Posted on Wed, 23 Jan 2019
a better world indeed.
Read full commentPosted in Thanks in part to Louis M and William W: another love poem
it's a bit too deep for me,
Posted on Thu, 24 Jan 2019
it's a bit too deep for me, but I liked your brevity. Keep it going.
Read full commentPosted in FactoidMan and ShallowMan
god, I'm with you on this one
Posted on Wed, 23 Jan 2019
god, I'm with you on this one Hilary. But a plea to Donald Trump is time wasted. The legacy we shall leave our children and grandchildren is drought, wars, hunger and all those other apocalyptic horses that Trump and his supporters think aren't...
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