celticman

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I have 1221 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3735279 times and 1262 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1969 of my 16,306 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2038 votes

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Jack O'Donnell

 

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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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Cherry

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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Cherry

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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Cherry

Ugly Puggly

Agnes said, ‘Did you see The Clydebank Post ?’ ‘Nah, why would I?’ I shook my head. Sitting on the stairs, pulling on my work boots. A snarled lace,...
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answering machine

My online pals joke phones are called mobile for a reason. Mine is a ten-quid model. Any drug dealer in prison would be proud of it. Top-up and Pay-...
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1969 of my comments have received 2038 Great Feedback votes

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ah, the darkness, but ah, the

Posted on Tue, 17 Sep 2024

ah, the darkness, but ah, the light. 

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Posted in M'Appari

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I too find it compelling and

Posted on Tue, 17 Sep 2024

I too find it compelling and hope to read more. Obviously, when something like that happens you were well understaffed. When nothing like that happens, you're overstaffed. So the story goes. 

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Posted in Taking Care 6 (iii)

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you can see poetry in life.

Posted on Mon, 16 Sep 2024

you can see poetry in life. That's a gift. 

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Posted in Seeing

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great post Harry. I'd

Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024

great post Harry. I'd recommend your medical students also read Fern Brady (2023) Strong Female Character. This really brings these issues alive and what it means to be human with a condition others feel free to misinterpret, especially if you...

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Posted in What is Autism? A brief guide...

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oh, she should meet some of

Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024

oh, she should meet some of the other freaks! casual, but deadly. There's something insidious about AI communicating wirelessly. I think we need Spock's input. (Not the baby guy). 

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Posted in Parcel for You.. - Part 34

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we are the children who read

Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024

we are the children who read and are read to. beautiful in it's way. a golden past. 

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Posted in Bedtime Stories

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great depth to the big end

Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024

great depth to the big end(ing). 

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Posted in The Big End

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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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