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I have 1182 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2707261 times and 1208 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1671 of my 15,599 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1704 votes

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Ugly Puggly 65

I’d been sleeping in the Bongo. It was a better home than some of the guys I drunk with during the day had down by the canal. We were off grid, near...
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Ugly Puggly 64

We walked over to Molly’s. It had been warm that day and I wanted to stretch my legs. Ugly Puggly gave us a couple of slices of blue-moulded bread to...
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Ugly Puggly 63

‘It’s the police,’ Ugly Puggly whispered and giggled. We were soon rolling about the floor laughing as if we were hiding from the Provy cheque man...
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Ugly Puggly 62

My phone rang. Dave seemed almost as surprised as me. He thought my phone so ancient naval flags would operate it. I took my Noika into the lobby to...
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Ugly Puggly 61

‘We’ve always got a choice,’ said Ugly Puggly. ‘That’s the kinda shite you always read in those self-hate books dressed in pretty words. That’s like...
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1671 of my comments have received 1704 Great Feedback votes

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We've all got a ratface

Posted on Fri, 03 May 2024

We've all got a ratface lurking and ready to bite. That vamparic energy expelled. 

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Posted in Ratface

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ah, Lord of the dance, indeed

Posted on Tue, 30 Apr 2024

ah, Lord of the dance, indeed. 

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Posted in Scotch Measure (Part One)

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RIP indeed. Police do not

Posted on Tue, 30 Apr 2024

RIP indeed. Police do not carry guns. That is a good thing. Shooting a man dead is an emotional and understandable response to what is a tragedy. If it was my family, I'd certainly want him shot dead. But our laws are above emotions. Rightly so....

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Posted in Fifteen Years.

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ah, knickers to you too. All

Posted on Mon, 29 Apr 2024

ah, knickers to you too. All mens' pants are the same pair we wear all our life. Through thick and thin they add a skin. 

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Posted in Have you ever had a pair of pants?

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I liked the contrasts, but in

Posted on Mon, 29 Apr 2024

I liked the contrasts, but in particular I liked you telling me something I didn't know about who is who in the painting world. 

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Posted in STILL LIFE

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we talk about rainforests,

Posted on Sun, 28 Apr 2024

we talk about rainforests, but Britain used to have forests too as did all nations. 

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Posted in Connecting With Trees

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wow, a henna tattoo to look

Posted on Fri, 26 Apr 2024

wow, a henna tattoo to look more human, workplace strife, coneless cones and malfunctioning humans at work. No wonder robots are better than men. 

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Posted in Parcel for you...Part 24

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music does take you back,

Posted on Wed, 24 Apr 2024

music does take you back, smells too. 

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Posted in Short Stories Part Two.

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aye, the devil is a cheater

Posted on Sun, 21 Apr 2024

aye, the devil is a cheater as we all know. 

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Posted in Earl Beardie at Glamis (A Legend)

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always nice to see the bees

Posted on Sat, 20 Apr 2024

always nice to see the bees and sunshine- and your poems, of course. 

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Posted in Yellow Blooms Of Late May

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