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I have 914 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 977575 times
and 871 of my stories have been cherry picked.
596 of my 12,273 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 611 votes
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Benny Hagen
Press reports are structured like a triangle, the weight of information balanced on the first line. Nobody much called Benny Hagen, Bernard, until he...
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Jim Welsh (Largactil) 13/3/1964—6/10/2012.
I didn’t go to Jim Welsh’s funeral. I didn’t hear about it until later, and I think it was Sharpie that told me. I wasn’t upset, just sad about the...
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Tam McSwiggan
Tam McSwiggan 1961-2001 R.I.P. When Tam was born Rangers’s supporters in the enclosure rioted and tore down the green, red, and white flag at Ibrox...
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Stevie Tait
Morrisey sang The Last of the Famous International Playboys on the radio and I quickly turned it off. Some windows were blacked out with yellowing...
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Dav Prentice.
I shouldn’t have laughed when I heard Dav Prentice was dead. We were talking about football in the Horse and Barge, but then Brendan took off on a...
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great stuff. enjoyed reading.
Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021
great stuff. enjoyed reading.
Read full commentPosted in Letters in the attic
I guess we're all chalatans
Posted on Sat, 13 Feb 2021
I guess we're all chalatans inside.
Read full commentPosted in The Very Powerful Man
the bones of a forgotten road
Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021
the bones of a forgotten road. Your poetry finds a way home.
Read full commentPosted in After the Blizzard
I'm with farg with regard to
Posted on Tue, 09 Feb 2021
I'm with farg with regard to Dire Stratis.
Read full commentPosted in Take it Back
funnily enough was talking to
Posted on Tue, 09 Feb 2021
funnily enough was talking to my mate about that today, Jenny, but it was the Erskine Bridge we were talking about.
Read full commentPosted in Silent Lament
hearts and souls carried like
Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021
hearts and souls carried like old sums into this next line- poetry.
Read full commentPosted in Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden)
We’d been to my parents
Posted on Sat, 23 Jan 2021
We’d been to my parents [parent's]
wonderful story telling, great ending and a story that sticks.
Read full commentPosted in Snow Day
a vision I can recognise.
Posted on Sat, 23 Jan 2021
a vision I can recognise.
Read full commentPosted in Wootton Village
sea spirit guides us all, not
Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2021
sea spirit guides us all, not all, but you, certainly.
Read full commentPosted in To a Lone Sailor
magically evoked, if we
Posted on Fri, 15 Jan 2021
magically evoked, if we turned into a tree what bitter fruits would we?
Read full commentPosted in Apple Tree
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