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I have 1218 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3659712 times and 1256 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1952 of my 16,243 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2018 votes

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Ugly Puggly 6

I fell asleep in the chair. The telly was on mute and a finger of whisky left in the bottle of Glayva. I’d slobbered down the middle of my dark...
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Ugly Puggly 5

‘Dave’s on the phone,’ Molly made that exasperated face that showed she didn’t know who it was and wondered why I hadn’t answered it. She handed me...
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Ugly Puggly 4

Ugly Puggly closed his eyes, but I wasn’t sure he was asleep. We bounced along thin cobbled lanes, his thigh rubbing against the young lad's. He’d...
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Ugly Puggly 3

‘I’ll need to nip hame to get my Keycard,’ I told Ugly Puggly. He stared out of the window and said nothing. Drifting snow camouflaging the kerb...
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Ugly Puggly 2

I waited until we were stranded between traffic lights on Great Western Road before I spoke. People thought Ugly Puggly was being ignorant, because...
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1952 of my comments have received 2018 Great Feedback votes

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winter is sighing...me too, I

Posted on Thu, 12 Sep 2024

winter is sighing...me too, I love the sunshine and light, but hey, more time or reading and writing. 

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Posted in Escape To Ridgeway

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great writing, as always.

Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024

great writing, as always. 'Maggie's head popped up.' I'd change that. 

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Posted in Taking Care 4 (vi) - Day Centre

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a bit of everything,

Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024

a bit of everything, including romance (of sorts). 

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Posted in The Accountant

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invisible spiders tend not to

Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024

invisible spiders tend not to be so invisible lately. four biggies in one day!

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Posted in New BREED

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great characterisation which

Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024

great characterisation which shows nothing much happening, but everything much what is going on. 

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Posted in Taking Care 4 (iv) - Day Centre

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thanks david, it would be

Posted on Wed, 04 Sep 2024

thanks david, it would be great if damien could emualte Orwell, but well...not many writers do. 

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Posted in the lost manuscript.

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we're all devils at times.

Posted on Sat, 07 Sep 2024

we're all devils at times. but the idea of a meritocracy was a step too far! Good to see the narrator see through that lie. 

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Posted in No escape from reality

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housing is a mess. the

Posted on Fri, 06 Sep 2024

housing is a mess. the poorest can't affort it. The state subsidises the poor and gives money to the rich to house the poor. Crazy. 

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Posted in The Bleeding Of Britain and the People (from the Imaginations of Alfred N.Muggins)

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they'll be in touch, sounds

Posted on Fri, 06 Sep 2024

they'll be in touch, sounds like a threat. 

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Posted in Parcel for You..Part 33

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You were fine. Thandie sounds

Posted on Fri, 06 Sep 2024

You were fine. Thandie sounds nice. 

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Posted in Taking Care 3 (ii)

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