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I have 1182 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2701249 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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Jack O'Donnell

 

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Cancer ward

‘I’ll be back for lunch,’ I sat on the side of his bed and squeezed his hand—‘someone’s got to make sure you eat something.’ The two policemen...
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Cherry

The Rules of Leviticus.

We had an extended breakfast. His eyes crinkled with laughter watching me make a pig of myself and eating for two. My eyes jerked open, when Etian...
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Cherry

Glasgow's Necropolis

I didn’t sleep that night. My wife clung to me in our bed and whispered to me not to go. She was pregnant. Her belly pushing against me, her smooth...
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Creeping F-ing Jesus.

The old man pulls a crumpled hanky from the side pocket of his jacket, and blows his nose. He peers at his notes and then at us with watery grey eyes...
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Vermin

The gaunt old man in the pinstripe suit hovers over the microphone and starts speaking in a strange accent before they are ready. ‘It’s a ridiculous...
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1671 of my comments have received 1704 Great Feedback votes

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wife better? deal with the

Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023

wife better? deal with the devil? But we know it doesn't work. What next? 

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Posted in Devil's Advocate (Part Two of Three)

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a favourite tree isn't going

Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023

a favourite tree isn't going to run away any time soon., Jenny. Great to honour it 

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Posted in Beneath My Favourite Tree

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I rember Choppers. I'd have

Posted on Fri, 29 Sep 2023

I rember Choppers. I'd have been about 11. And the even shiter optiion. Chipper. 

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Posted in The Fall of the Mountain King

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you make much of not much

Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023

you make much of not much more than movement. always enough to draw the eye. 

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Posted in Hush

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no dark corners in the sea.

Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023

no dark corners in the sea. We bring them with us. 

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Posted in I Found the Sea

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happy dreams, indeed Jenny. 

Posted on Thu, 21 Sep 2023

happy dreams, indeed Jenny. 

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Posted in Tempestuous Stirrings

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I wonder where tthose dreams

Posted on Wed, 20 Sep 2023

I wonder where tthose dreams go when we get older? Mum is always mum. 

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Posted in The Man in My Bedroom

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you are a nomad Jenny, but

Posted on Sat, 09 Sep 2023

you are a nomad Jenny, but you always return to poetry and bring the words home. 

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Posted in Expanding The Mind

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I didn't expect that. As an

Posted on Wed, 13 Sep 2023

I didn't expect that. As an expert on armaggedon, I didn't expect armaggedon. God knows. 

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Posted in Devil's Advocate

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