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I have 1183 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2759125 times and 1210 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Steelie.

A big guy stood at the pub door like he’d just put on a new suit and didn’t want to get his life creased. He slid into the chair beside Steelie, his...
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Matronage

I met the boy who shat himself years later. Beaky Behan. Not the full shilling. Shit running down his shorts and into his socks and shoes. He...
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Anthem

To all who have not died but are dead Cold, no heat within was proof Man can stand yet have no rest Nothing to see but have seen all That echo of...
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The Gods of Selfies

Gods of selfies lets you rip yourself in two Make yourself anew Like a river bursting its banks And the sky licked ashore You were pure as snow...
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A statue of you

A statue bright as a new grave Thick and unquick stone The best laid to rest Glory, glory, glory! Gene ology drowned in unbright light Framed in a...
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The rise of the moron's moron

Posted on Fri, 12 Sep 2025

The rise of the moron's moron Trump, the little trump Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, countless right-wing politicians on a single-issue platform of hate, none of which surprised me. What does surprise me is how many people have bought into it....

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Posted in The Boy with the Rubik’s Cube

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guy ritchie...that would be

Posted on Wed, 10 Sep 2025

guy ritchie...that would be murder. 

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Posted in A Tapestry in Eighteen Panels

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even Nigel Farage is right

Posted on Sat, 06 Sep 2025

even Nigel Farage is right once? 

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Posted in Listen to the mad man

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ah, girl's and pretty faces.

Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2025

ah, girl's and pretty faces. The pain. The pain. 

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Posted in Prophesy - The Immortal Witch (6)

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I remember none of that, but

Posted on Mon, 01 Sep 2025

I remember none of that, but I enjoyed the ride. 

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Posted in My first new beginning

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Danger stranger. The rise of

Posted on Sat, 30 Aug 2025

Danger stranger. The rise of Reform on a racist wave does not bode well. 

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Posted in For Whom The Bell Tolls (The Centre Seethes)

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I'd heard of Django because

Posted on Sun, 17 Aug 2025

I'd heard of Django because of a quiz answer, Jim Can Of Lager whispered. He was a fan. Both are departed. I've never heard Django's music or from Jim Can Of Lager since. Both are dead. Which makes keeping in touch more difficult. Good name for a...

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Posted in Django, Gitáno Gitaristo (Django, Gypsy Guitarist)

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murmur of grace, indeed. 

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025

murmur of grace, indeed. 

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Posted in When All Seems Lost

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we do what we do cause we do

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025

we do what we do cause we do (Jack) 

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Posted in Lit

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gulls as beggars, beggars

Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025

gulls as beggars, beggars belief.  I hope we see that chink of light. 

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Posted in before Floris

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