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I have 1221 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3795327 times and 1261 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1986 of my 16,342 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2056 votes

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Jack O'Donnell

 

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Twosies or Threesies

I said to Archie, ‘But you could get put up against a wall and shot’. My wee brother was standing huddled beside us in the close, out of the wind and...
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Wednesday Club

We yakked on about God and laughed at the devil. Really, it should be the other way about. I met the devil when I was nine or ten, but I blanked most...
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Tuesday Club

The Tuesday Club wasn’t what it looked like, older men in short and sannies panting and out of breath after playing three-a-side fitba on the wooden...
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You are not your illness.

The girls left a heady brew of perfume behind. I poured Etian some water and he was well enough to sit up in bed and sip it. He began coughing and...
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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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1986 of my comments have received 2056 Great Feedback votes

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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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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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