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I have 1182 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2723727 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

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Ugly Puggly 90

Molly didn’t get up and say she was an alcoholic. She seemed content just to blend in and listen. She was no longer an AA virgin. I remembered the...
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Ugly Puggly 89

Wee Jim turned up earlier than I liked. But I shouldn’t have been surprised. He was always early. Molly made him a cup of tea while I got ready. I...
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Ugly Puggly 88

I’d put on an old pair of my pyjamas. But I had to cinch them tighter at the waist when I went to bed. Cotton and thin stripes reminded me of the way...
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Ugly Puggly 87

‘Whit happened tae the camper van?’ I ran my hand across the bodywork and locked doors and looked in the windows. ‘I washed it,’ Dave said. ‘I got...
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Ugly Puggly 86

Laura’s car was parked at the back of the Hub. A red thing, which was the colour of her shoes, small enough for one, but with two doors. The old...

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1674 of my comments have received 1707 Great Feedback votes

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yeh, that happens. the

Posted on Thu, 08 Aug 2024

yeh, that happens. the inspiration goes missing when you start writing. It ducks you. 

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Posted in A hundred moments in autism - The ideas mine

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disabled and weird is only OK

Posted on Fri, 09 Aug 2024

disabled and weird is only OK if you're a billionaire. 

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Posted in A hundred moments in autism - The day I lied to a politician

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you cry out for those that

Posted on Fri, 09 Aug 2024

you cry out for those that cannot cry out. alleluia. Still, history cruely exposes the same lies. The same mass murders. 

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Posted in Esther

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ha, claw in the tale. great

Posted on Sat, 10 Aug 2024

ha, claw in the tale. great story. 

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Posted in Requiem for a bearded reedling

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ah, a meeting of minds, or

Posted on Sat, 10 Aug 2024

ah, a meeting of minds, or toad hats. I guess it's us humans that are the toads. I'm getting worried about Spencer, which is good, because I'm thinking of him as almost human. 

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Posted in Parcel for you..Part 32

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Nigel Farage. Stick him and

Posted on Mon, 05 Aug 2024

Nigel Farage. Stick him and his family in a rubber dingy. Then nudge him away with a gunboat. Two lessons. Humility and payback. 

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Posted in Boats

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their buzzing lifts us out of

Posted on Sun, 04 Aug 2024

their buzzing lifts us out of the mundane, like your words, Jenny. 

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Posted in Bee Muse

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the weight of youth is never

Posted on Mon, 05 Aug 2024

the weight of youth is never heavy but sometimes lasts too long. 

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Posted in Four of Plenty

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we all speak our own truth,

Posted on Mon, 05 Aug 2024

we all speak our own truth, but nobody listens. He'll learn. Eventually. 

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Posted in My critical son

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wonderful storytelling. we do

Posted on Sat, 13 Jul 2024

wonderful storytelling. we do internatlise shame and project it onto others. the ending it special. 

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Posted in The things we do for love

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