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I have 1182 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2690527 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 55

I’d an appointment with the doctor. I know you’re not supposed to have preferences, because mine would be for Dr Finlay. Someone that made up a fire...
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Ugly Puggly 54

I dreamt about my mum. Usually, she was giving me something, but it was her I wanted and not the gift. I clung to her legs. My bladder got me up. I...
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Ugly Puggly 53

Ugly Puggly’s jaw stuck out, and he ground his teeth. A sputtering noise came from the back of his throat. ‘Would yous two stop fuckin about? I’m no...
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Ugly Puggly 52.

It was the wee small hours when Ugly Puggly got home. I was sprawled on the couch, having fallen asleep. Sober enough to know I was drunk. I pulled...
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Ugly Puggly 51

I felt on the other side of chaos. It was in my head and bones. And I couldn’t catch a breath. Tears gather at the back of my eyes. I heard myself...
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1671 of my comments have received 1704 Great Feedback votes

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this sounds very like what

Posted on Sat, 30 Mar 2024

this sounds very like what might have been. 

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Posted in Spitting image

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Thomas Piketty states it

Posted on Thu, 28 Mar 2024

Thomas Piketty states it quite simply. When the rate of return for those with money (Capital) is greater than the rate of  economic growth (virtually zero) then like a giant snowball rolling downhill, Capital will accummulate an every increasing...

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Posted in Empty Homes

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emm, nearly but 73 cm too far

Posted on Wed, 27 Mar 2024

emm, nearly but 73 cm too far. 

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Posted in When Did Our World Become SO Complicated? Part Two.

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sounds round about right. 

Posted on Sat, 23 Mar 2024

sounds round about right. 

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Posted in Is this the real life?

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a circus act has always the

Posted on Sun, 24 Mar 2024

a circus act has always the element of swan song as you show.  

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Posted in Swan Song

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I guess we all get that kind

Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024

I guess we all get that kind of forgetfulness, Jenny. It's the other kind that's the real worry. 

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Posted in What's Not Written

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sounds like reality for many

Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024

sounds like reality for many and few. 

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Posted in The Spa

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ah, we always come back for

Posted on Wed, 20 Mar 2024

ah, we always come back for our own. The moon lent its son. 

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Posted in The Moon Maiden

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aye, not long forgotten, not

Posted on Tue, 19 Mar 2024

aye, not long forgotten, not long anything. 

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Posted in We Never Speak of Rose

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sorry Scotland is full. It

Posted on Tue, 19 Mar 2024

sorry Scotland is full. It has been for a while. One-out-one-in policy. If you're English you only count as a tenth of person. Nothing personal. Just allowing for Thatcherism, stealing our oil and Brexit (to name the most recent). I'm actually...

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Posted in Too Many Tabs Open

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