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I have 1182 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
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Ugly Puggly 70

When I drew up in the van outside Molly’s house, we rushed the close door, which was jammed open, and galloped upstairs using our elbows to gain...
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Ugly Puggly 69

I drove home. Molly, in the passenger seat beside me, rocked backwards and forwards clutching her stomach and urging me to hurry. But the traffic...
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Ugly Puggly 68

We drove back along the way we came. The nearest petrol station was just off Crow Road. The engine chugged and wheezed before it cut out. I flicked...
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Ugly Puggly 67

Molly had a hand draped over my shoulder as we sat in the back of the Bongo. Her musty perfume stirred me up. She dressed like we were going for a...
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Ugly Puggly 66

I stumbled past ranks of wilting bracken and tepid water turning green with algae. Tenement buildings in straight lines and a clutter of housing...
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1671 of my comments have received 1704 Great Feedback votes

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she sounds like a corker. you

Posted on Wed, 05 Jun 2024

she sounds like a corker. you've given her voice. findus, aye, those were great. they were authentic Indian pancakes made by Mahatma Gandhi. 'Foriegn muck,' my mum called it. This would be the seventies. I don't think she ever tried a ribbed...

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Posted in The Spice of Life

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yes, there is much beauty and

Posted on Sun, 02 Jun 2024

yes, there is much beauty and much pain and suffering. They do not balance, but life is not an equation. LIfe is what we hold. 

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Posted in One

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ah, perhaps not so secret. 

Posted on Sun, 26 May 2024

ah, perhaps not so secret. 

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Posted in The Shadows Between Us

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Crazy people do crazy things.

Posted on Fri, 24 May 2024

Crazy people do crazy things. It's the non-crazy people we need to worry about. Putin, Trump et al. They are simply evil incarnate. I hope Lucifer pays them a visit very soon. We have never made a weapon we have not used. That's the worry. Even...

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Posted in The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part Two of Two)

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I've got a book quite like

Posted on Tue, 21 May 2024

I've got a book quite like that. Not magical unless you fill in the blanks 'Incredible Adventures' is the title. Open the cover and the pages are blank. 

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Posted in "Book of All Answers"

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you promote the unseen green,

Posted on Wed, 22 May 2024

you promote the unseen green, nothing better. 

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Posted in State Of Bliss

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we do tend to follow the path

Posted on Wed, 22 May 2024

we do tend to follow the path of least resistance Going back to where we came from seems logical. An ineresting life choice? We'll see? 

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Posted in The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part One of Two)

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you certainly know your

Posted on Mon, 20 May 2024

you certainly know your carrots. It's difficult to seperate them from their characters. 

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Posted in Blodwyn's Hair

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us humans are a very old

Posted on Fri, 10 May 2024

us humans are a very old invention. We invariably muck everything up. Even Spencer? 

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Posted in Parcel for you.. Part 25

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A foreign yet familiar dream?

Posted on Tue, 07 May 2024

A foreign yet familiar dream? 

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Posted in Complex Dream

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