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I have 1182 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
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Ugly Puggly 80

I took a spoonful of lentil soup, tepid at best, but at least the caterers got the orangey colour right. It left my lips greasy and stained like a...
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Ugly Puggly 79

I used my good (non-wanking hand) to angle the telly. But I wasn’t sure how it worked. Whatever channel I flicked it onto seemed to drone extended...
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Ugly Puggly 78

Ugly Puggly told me a drunk was like a Russian novelist. Always close to tears. I rambled on. ‘I don’t believe in God or that kinda stuff,’ I told...
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Ugly Puggly 77

When they left for Drymen, I went to the shop and bought a bottle of Vladistock. I cracked it open on the main road and took a quick slug. It burned...
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Ugly Puggly 76

Molly made toast, but she’d only brown bread which was like cheating at breakfast, and eating low-calorie cardboard because it was good for you...
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I've been to Scotland. Full

Posted on Wed, 17 Jul 2024

I've been to Scotland. Full of midges. Nae sunshine. People wearing jackets indoors. Maybe that's just me!

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Posted in The North Wind and the Sun.

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much  to ponder and wonder. 

Posted on Fri, 12 Jul 2024

much  to ponder and wonder. 

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Posted in The Broken Lady

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The IRA get everywhere, even

Posted on Fri, 12 Jul 2024

The IRA get everywhere, even in a retail association. 

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Posted in The Left-Handed Son

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here's hoping the day doesn't

Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024

here's hoping the day doesn't devour you in return, Jenny. 

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Posted in Holding Onto My Desires And Dreams

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the gems are indeed inside

Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024

the gems are indeed inside your head. 

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Posted in Natterjack

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A Midsummer's Nights Dream is

Posted on Wed, 10 Jul 2024

A Midsummer's Nights Dream is boring as shit, but I liked this. Getting to the Bottom of it. We can, of course, ditch fossil fuels. Lie, cheat, steal and all the things the tobacco barons did the fossil fuel billionaire's keep repeating. Our...

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Posted in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Shit, I thought Scotland was

Posted on Tue, 02 Jul 2024

Shit, I thought Scotland was the poorest country in Europe. Then I remembered we were no longer in Europe. So I guess Bulgaria win again. What great news, as expected Labour to win, but also the defeat of the National Front in France. I don't...

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Posted in Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

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when we play Rangers, I tend

Posted on Fri, 05 Jul 2024

when we play Rangers, I tend to have a couple of drinks before the drink. It's a reflex action. Like Pavlov and his dogs without the dogs on the coupon. I can related to much of this, without having being in that actual bar or watcing Ireland...

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Posted in My Döner and Chide

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no fun getting stuck in a

Posted on Fri, 05 Jul 2024

no fun getting stuck in a small, airless, metal box. I'm with you on that  one. I'd take the stairs. 

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Posted in Malta. Part Eight.

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I feel no great sense of

Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024

I feel no great sense of relief that the Tories (hopefully) will be gone. Labour are not Tories. But it's that old undergraduate argument, spot the difference? Labour are not Labour. More wishy-washy pish, while the poor still get poorer and the...

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Posted in Boris and the Hustings

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