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I have 1180 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2650845 times and 1206 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1662 of my 15,564 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1694 votes

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Jack O'Donnell

 

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John Ferguson 1/12/1929—11/1/2020

John Ferguson slipped me twenty-quid and I went to the Oasis, loosely termed a nightclub, with the cash. He was about five-foot-five tall, and he...
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SEV 3

I was sixteen when I stole my brother, SEV’s, identity. I’d nipped into the lounge of the Glen Lusset and ordered a pint of lager. I was tall enough...
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SEV 2

My brother watched me playing for the Boy’s Guild on St Stephen’s gravel park. He stood under a tree with his mate Billy Quinn, both of them wearing...
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Pat Powell 1936—2014

Pat Powell 1936—2014 My da was over ten years older than Old Pat, but I asked my da if he knew him, and he gave a shake of his head and glowered. He...
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Stephen O’Donnell 1959—1995 [1]

I was living in the studio flat on Castle Street, when I heard the knock on the door. My eldest sister, Josephine, or Jo as we called her, was...

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1662 of my comments have received 1694 Great Feedback votes

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could happen or has happend?

Posted on Mon, 29 May 2023

could happen or has happend? discuss. 

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Posted in AARON’S WORLD: Part 1

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frogs are us, the leap from

Posted on Thu, 25 May 2023

frogs are us, the leap from water to soil still be played out in aqueous form of poetry. 

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Posted in inklings

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do angels exist? I guess the

Posted on Tue, 23 May 2023

do angels exist? I guess the answer is in poetry. 

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Posted in Angel Light

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You make time fly, Jenny, but

Posted on Wed, 17 May 2023

You make time fly, Jenny, but also stand still. 

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Posted in Miracle Of Spring On Gossamer Wings

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gander where you wll. the

Posted on Tue, 16 May 2023

gander where you wll. the story sells itself. 

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Posted in Lucifer - What's good for the saucy gander

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he's a pest, the oldest type

Posted on Fri, 12 May 2023

he's a pest, the oldest type and typical pest. Probably a pest when he was young, but that wasn't as much fun. 

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Posted in The Oldest of the Type

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Luck is relative as with your

Posted on Fri, 12 May 2023

Luck is relative as with your blood sugars. I used to think the NHS would be permanent. Now I know better. I hope you get better too. 

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Posted in Cippy and Bella

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rattle on. you're not alone

Posted on Tue, 09 May 2023

rattle on. you're not alone in the universe. 

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Posted in Rattle

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we breathe in symmetry and

Posted on Wed, 10 May 2023

we breathe in symmetry and breathe out poetry. 

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Posted in Geisha

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yeh, we need to make trees

Posted on Sat, 06 May 2023

yeh, we need to make trees our cathedrals. But like men working down a hole, we used to call coal miners they beome redundant. 

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Posted in Count that last day

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