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I have 1123 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1719909 times and 1128 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1380 of my 14,692 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1415 votes

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Jack O'Donnell

 

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Ugly Puggly 6

I fell asleep in the chair. The telly was on mute and a finger of whisky left in the bottle of Glayva. I’d slobbered down the middle of my dark...
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Ugly Puggly 5

‘Dave’s on the phone,’ Molly made that exasperated face that showed she didn’t know who it was and wondered why I hadn’t answered it. She handed me...
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Ugly Puggly 4

Ugly Puggly closed his eyes, but I wasn’t sure he was asleep. We bounced along thin cobbled lanes, his thigh rubbing against the young lad's. He’d...
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Ugly Puggly 3

‘I’ll need to nip hame to get my Keycard,’ I told Ugly Puggly. He stared out of the window and said nothing. Drifting snow camouflaging the kerb...
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Ugly Puggly 2

I waited until we were stranded between traffic lights on Great Western Road before I spoke. People thought Ugly Puggly was being ignorant, because...
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1380 of my comments have received 1415 Great Feedback votes

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I'm with both of you in this

Posted on Sun, 08 Jan 2023

I'm with both of you in this one. 

https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2023/01/01/my-2023-creative-and-business...

For years...

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Posted in 2023 A Trustworthy Liar

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graveyards have a way of

Posted on Sun, 08 Jan 2023

graveyards have a way of digging deep into us. truth telling. 

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Posted in Why Does It Always Rain In Graveyards?

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Darren’s 5’ 11” head and

Posted on Thu, 05 Jan 2023

Darren’s 5’ 11” head and looks Jeff in his 6’ 4” eye. [Might need to re-write this bit to eliminate ambiguity. I don't think Darren's head it 5 foot eleven]

great start, want to know more. what they were looking for? 

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Posted in The Spook Dog (first bit)

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well done,   foresight and

Posted on Wed, 04 Jan 2023

well done,   foresight and fire. 

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Posted in When Lily Was Here

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who we are and become.

Posted on Wed, 04 Jan 2023

who we are and become. Hopefully, a unity of one. 

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Posted in Resolution

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memories flow as you show,

Posted on Tue, 03 Jan 2023

memories flow as you show, Jenny

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Posted in Walking In January

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what we say and what we do

Posted on Fri, 30 Dec 2022

what we say and what we do might come into conflict with each other. Routinely, sportsmen and women make a sign of the cross before...or after an important goal or point. I'm not sure whose god is on which side. A bit like wars having priest's...

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Posted in I Did It My Way.

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I've a ten quid phone, good

Posted on Fri, 30 Dec 2022

I've a ten quid phone, good only for texts. I know what WhatApps is. I also know petrol and diesel cars arre being phased out very quickly, but not quickly enough. Try owning a gas guzzler in central London and you'll soon know what obsolete...

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Posted in Technology.

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time is always screwing us

Posted on Wed, 28 Dec 2022

time is always screwing us over. duvet days indeed. 

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Posted in Winter Light

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I don't know what many of

Posted on Wed, 28 Dec 2022

I don't know what many of those acronyms mean. Don't care. Great story. 

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Posted in The Tinder Date (Tinder is the night)

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