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I have 1182 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2726962 times and 1208 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1674 of my 15,606 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1707 votes

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Spaghettio

‘What’s this?’ Molly asked. Before Spaghettio had time to answer the phone rung, which was unusual, but not unknown as they were ‘courting’ as Molly’...
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Cherry

Drop Off

The phone goes and I answer it, ‘Come and get me. Come and get me, Coach,’ he says. Befuddled with sleep. Think it’s the work and I’ve slept in –...
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purification ritual

Like uncoloured ink in the Atlantic Mind-a-babble shared by all Scorn not Step back into ineffable silence Cling not to a single creed Carry back...
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sounds

Don’t run your eyes over the page Pause away your day Breathe in the essence of meaning Savour the surface And the hidden depths Let them flicker...
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Angel 66 (new pram for old)

Angel kept her head down when she came out of Naz’s shop, the girls in the unit, just called it the Paki shop on the corner. The wind blowing her...

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1674 of my comments have received 1707 Great Feedback votes

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maybe we all trill and try to

Posted on Mon, 17 Oct 2022

maybe we all trill and try to take possesion of the world. 

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Posted in Centre of its own Universe

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JCB, heavy goods with

Posted on Mon, 17 Oct 2022

JCB, heavy goods with caterplliar tracks for digging and moving earth. 

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Posted in Gladys Aylward 2 - How Gladys helped her entire family

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true to life and true to you.

Posted on Sat, 15 Oct 2022

true to life and true to you. woo-hoo. 

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Posted in Here

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souunds like the American

Posted on Mon, 17 Oct 2022

souunds like the American dream. 

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Posted in Gladys Aylward 2 - How Gladys helped her entire family

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the ever chaging and vanshing

Posted on Sun, 16 Oct 2022

the ever chaging and vanshing wilds. 

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Posted in Hunsbury Hill Country Park

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reminds me a bit of the

Posted on Fri, 14 Oct 2022

reminds me a bit of the classic book Overstory

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Posted in tree time

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I guess we're all hell's

Posted on Thu, 13 Oct 2022

I guess we're all hell's puppets. Beats being a Tory. 

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Posted in Hell Puppets

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A plalylist of life might be

Posted on Wed, 12 Oct 2022

A plalylist of life might be helpful. Songs certainly evoke memories. Poetry does that too. As you know. As you show.

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Posted in Only The Lonely

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perhaps not never too late,

Posted on Wed, 12 Oct 2022

perhaps not never too late, but still we wait. 

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Posted in Mallow Pink

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thanks drew, insert and lena.

Posted on Mon, 10 Oct 2022

thanks drew, insert and lena. onward and perhaps not upward. on and on. 

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Posted in Ugly Puggly 86

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