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I have 1122 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1719795 times and 1128 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1379 of my 14,690 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1414 votes

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Jack O'Donnell

 

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Angel 80 (lock up)

The taxi driver had the engine running and the Hackney cab was warm. He barely turned his head to look to at them, voice like falling gravel, ‘Where...
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Angel 79 (hard decision)

Angel opened her mouth and closed it again, her tongue stuck to the palate like a spoon. Tears, hard gems, too painful to cry in a lifeless body. If...
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Angel 78 (old friends and new)

Pizza Face made tea, toast and cheese for her and Adam picked at it as they made small talk. He wasn’t a religious man, but he kept touching her,...
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Angel 77 (Partick home)

Bandit flung Angel’s bag in the boot of his gleaming white BMW and slammed down the boot. Parked on the pavement in at the hedge, Pizza Face had to...
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Angel 76 (waiting for the Bandit)

‘This is nice,’ the old man flicked the switch and two bars of the electric fire glowed. He sat squinty on the chair an old army coat as a pillow at...

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1379 of my comments have received 1414 Great Feedback votes

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yes, indeed can be poisonous,

Posted on Fri, 20 May 2022

yes, indeed can be poisonous, Beauty often is. 

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Posted in Eves' Tears

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you're certainlty not

Posted on Wed, 18 May 2022

you're certainlty not grossing us out. You're living it and we follow what you're going through. Nothiing gross. Nobel. 

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Posted in Janus 12

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I think she wants to give

Posted on Wed, 18 May 2022

I think she wants to give birth to the baby Jesus. I really like this, but too much exposition. .Need to lighten it a bit with dialogue. Perhaps some kind of arguement about which baby Jesus they want? the black or white one?  

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Posted in Legend of the Pah - 8 (S T Vasectomy Clinic)

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Living in the moment Jenny.

Posted on Mon, 16 May 2022

Living in the moment Jenny. An open book. An open window. 

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Posted in Open Windows Of My Soul

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yeh, made tastier by being

Posted on Fri, 13 May 2022

yeh, made tastier by being forbidden, I guess. 

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Posted in The Forbidden Kiss

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sometimes a word is enough. 

Posted on Fri, 13 May 2022

sometimes a word is enough. 

John Steinbeck (1902–1968) 

' The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.'

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Posted in Word

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the worse case scenario, as

Posted on Thu, 12 May 2022

the worse case scenario, as you know, is undigested food. Well, there's a lot of worst-case scenarios and you've covered most of them. Nothing gross about it. Keep writing from the front line. 

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Posted in Hospital 3 and Janus 11

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lovely, but living in

Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022

lovely, but living in Scotland we dont' learn about sunshine until we're adults. 

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Posted in You learn about the sunshine

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I'm glad you've remained

Posted on Wed, 11 May 2022

I'm glad you've remained obfective enoght to write it all down. 

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Posted in Hospital 2, Janus 10

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I can't tell my trees from my

Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022

I can't tell my trees from my woods, but you make it sound easy. 

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Posted in Maple Tree Den

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