celticman

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I have 1183 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2758601 times and 1210 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1679 of my 15,622 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1713 votes

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Awake

Almost the worst thing A face that no longer speaks Warfarin and medical wattle One that makes you weep Sloshing around is somebody No need for an...
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Gold cherry

claptrap

Collecting a plastic medal on his 30 th anniversary. Clenched teeth and a rictus smile. The backslapping goodness of them all. Dry lips. Missing God...
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Cherry

Renaissance.

So it must have been after the birth of the Ku Klux Klan In the first, bright light, the spellbound hugged themselves In their fields of late-cropped...
Cherry

The Lost Manuscript 3

Dark was darker than death when you were younger. Light a flashbulb. No fat kids. No coloured kids, unless it was the black babies’ pictures you...
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Cherry

the lost manuscript 2

He didn’t set out to be a slob. It was just easier not to care in a flat-footed way to wear the same clothes until they were like twins with an...
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1679 of my comments have received 1713 Great Feedback votes

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bit of theft, sprinkle of

Posted on Mon, 14 Jul 2025

bit of theft, sprinkle of romance. Dark deeds, indeed. 

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Posted in "Art of Trouble"

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works for me. A day late for

Posted on Fri, 04 Jul 2025

works for me. A day late for the 4th of July celebrations, but hey, Fuck Trump. Fuck America. 

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Posted in Born on the 4th of July

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the character is in the

Posted on Sun, 29 Jun 2025

the character is in the character and he's right about that blue Proddy shite. 

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Posted in Those Shameful Blue Pyjamas

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memory and trauma, circular

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2025

memory and trauma, circular times. Hardly a crime. Great writing. 

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Posted in To Tell You The Truth — Part 2/2

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the repetition is good as the

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2025

the repetition is good as the broadening and enlargement. Straight lines rarely happen in real life to tell you the truth. But you know that already. 

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Posted in To Tell You The Truth — Part 1/2

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Jeez, three hours!

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025

Jeez, three hours!

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Posted in Steak.

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when you read about the

Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025

when you read about the ghettos created Poland, you know what they are for. We feel compassion for those poor Jews. We know that every country in the world, most definitely America, closed its doors to human flotasm. To Jews, especially. We know...

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Posted in Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table

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goddess of death. appropriate

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025

goddess of death. appropriate. Want to know what happens. That's always good. 

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Posted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (1)

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ah, addcitve this remembering

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025

ah, addcitve this remembering? (I DO IT TOO). 

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Posted in Let Me Go Back

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ah, good question. The answer

Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2025

ah, good question. The answer is: sometimes. 

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Posted in Are you happy

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