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I have 1120 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1686713 times and 1126 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1365 of my 14,640 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1398 votes

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Angel 25 (prison time and design)

A wee boy held his brother’s hand. With intense concentration he guided a blue Dinky car up and down the curves of the chair and table as his family...
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Angel 24 (Corton Vale)

‘How’ve you been?’ Karen stumbled and pressed her face against Angel’s neck and a male prison guard patrolling the passageways around the tables and...
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Angel (change and charges)

Angel’s time had been taken up with crying and trying not to, when she had riches bestowed on her, a puff of a smoke—she had to bang on the door for...
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Angel 22 (time)

‘We can dae this the hard way, or we can dae this the easy way,’ said the stout officer doing the fingerprinting and he rifted. His breath smelled of...
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Angel 21 (making a hash of it)

The tall cop kept a hold of Angel’s arm. Clean shaven with a bony boyish face it was difficult to tell what age he was, but with a dimple on his chin...

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1365 of my comments have received 1398 Great Feedback votes

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it's the almost that gets you

Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021

it's the almost that gets you. the unexplained. 

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Posted in Esther Cox

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ah, innnocence is us. or was.

Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021

ah, innnocence is us. or was. 

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Posted in Innocents

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great photo. great poem,

Posted on Mon, 11 Oct 2021

great photo. great poem, jenny. 

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Posted in Secrets Of Wistman Woods

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It's got a noirish feel,

Posted on Tue, 05 Oct 2021

It's got a noirish feel, whatever that means. 

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Posted in Strangers on a Street

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no journey too long or short,

Posted on Thu, 30 Sep 2021

no journey too long or short, Jenny, like your poem. 

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Posted in Stone Loach

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I read a book about a talking

Posted on Wed, 29 Sep 2021

I read a book about a talking mongoose (The Hauting of Alma Feilding) talking cats are so cliched. But it's the way you tell 'em. 

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Posted in Pad Life 16: The Rock of Reality

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never heard of caddis, but

Posted on Wed, 29 Sep 2021

never heard of caddis, but the invisible threads ties us all together. gritty. 

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Posted in I, Caddis

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I like your meditation. 

Posted on Sun, 26 Sep 2021

I like your meditation. 

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Posted in River Of Awareness

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time waits for no man, indeed

Posted on Thu, 23 Sep 2021

time waits for no man, indeed. Flora and fauna they are a diffrent beast. 

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Posted in Giant Redwoods

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