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I have 1118 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1680832 times and 1121 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1353 of my 14,603 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1383 votes

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Jack O'Donnell

 

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Ugly Puggly

Agnes said, ‘Did you see The Clydebank Post ?’ ‘Nah, why would I?’ I shook my head. Sitting on the stairs, pulling on my work boots. A snarled lace,...
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answering machine

My online pals joke phones are called mobile for a reason. Mine is a ten-quid model. Any drug dealer in prison would be proud of it. Top-up and Pay-...
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Cherry

the eleven-minute bore.

My jacket was in the bar. She’d little more than a blouse, with a red bra playing peek-a-boo. The wind cut through thin clothing and buffeted our...
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the ten-minute bore

Christmas-Eve was a big thing in the Blaksketts. We are at the proud tip of a long peninsula leading to nowhere. You had the Christmas lights on...
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Tuesday Afternoon.

Swat away the murky day Clasped hands upwards to pious heaven Exchange it for sniggering and hee-hawing Sharp hinterlands and hard-ons Feet that can...
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1353 of my comments have received 1383 Great Feedback votes

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snow is here (well frost

Posted on Mon, 12 Dec 2022

snow is here (well frost mainly in my bit) and we rise up to meet it, as you do in your poetry, but then we start hating it, but that's another story. 

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Posted in Walk In December Snow

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you've caught that moment of

Posted on Sun, 11 Dec 2022

you've caught that moment of a lifetime. 

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Posted in May you live all the days of your life

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the un-guest makes it's

Posted on Tue, 06 Dec 2022

the un-guest makes it's presence known and shown. well done. 

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Posted in Barley Ghosts

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stating the obvious, there's

Posted on Fri, 02 Dec 2022

stating the obvious, there's no good age to be having chemo. But older folk you'd think would be the main grouping. It saddens me that there are so many younger people. There for the grace of god and all that. I'll wait and see. I'm glad you...

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Posted in chemo 16

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sad in many ways. 

Posted on Thu, 01 Dec 2022

sad in many ways. 

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Posted in Laughing My Socks Off.

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the search for immortality

Posted on Wed, 30 Nov 2022

the search for immortality goes on, even during holiday season 

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Posted in Mudbath! (The Ultimate Day Trip Of All Possible Day Trips!) by Alfred N. Muggins (from his recent holiday in Marmaris, Turkey!) Part 1

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not my favourite season, but

Posted on Mon, 28 Nov 2022

not my favourite season, but you've caught it well, Jenny. 

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Posted in Holly King

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a disenchanted forest of

Posted on Mon, 21 Nov 2022

a disenchanted forest of feelings, indeed 

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Posted in The Woman on the Other Side of the Screen

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much to be glad of here.

Posted on Sun, 20 Nov 2022

much to be glad of here. thanks for reminding us. 

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Posted in Chemo 15

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children bring out the wonder

Posted on Sun, 20 Nov 2022

children bring out the wonder. 

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Posted in Memories from Falls Past

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