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I have 1121 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1710187 times and 1127 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1376 of my 14,676 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1410 votes

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Angel 11 (Edinburgh)

Pizza Face parked in his usual spot and smiled as Angel rushed out of her house, crossed the road and rushed to meet him. Sunday, her day off, and...
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Angel 10 (bromance)

Angel lit another cigarette, more for something to do, and she rolled down the window. ‘Sorry,’ she blew out the smoke sideways, fanning it with her...
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Angel 9 (and Pizza Face)

Angel stayed in all week and also the following week, barely venturing from her room, other than to go to work. Kimmie had chapped the door a few...
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Angel 8 (work)

Angel struggled out of her bedclothes, she’d fallen asleep exhausted with her clothes on, expecting the knock on the door at any minute. The radio-...
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Angel 7 (after the music stops)

Kimmie’s hand on her friend’s shoulder grounded Angel, brought her back to herself, but she moaned loudly, dry retching. Her muscles rippled along...

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1376 of my comments have received 1410 Great Feedback votes

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funny thing memory, who we

Posted on Fri, 27 Aug 2021

funny thing memory, who we are and who we are not. Dad and not dad. I'd the same thing with my mother. Mum and not Mum. When she died I said I was delighted. People might have taken that the wrong way, but not Mum had no life. 

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Posted in A Home Coming

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I wonder if kids will know

Posted on Mon, 23 Aug 2021

I wonder if kids will know what SWALK is? but you certainly do. SWALK to you too. Well done. 

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Posted in Love Letters From The Past S.W.A.L.K.

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good stuff. I was wating for

Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021

good stuff. I was wating for Cole to turn up. As a seasoned reader of chimes, I knew he would. 

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Posted in Wind Chimes on the Boardwalk

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nicely done. 

Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021

nicely done. 

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Posted in Sleepy Time

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good stuff mate, now if the

Posted on Thu, 19 Aug 2021

good stuff mate, now if the kids had been armed with slippers there would have been no stopping them. 

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Posted in Minefield

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yeh, we see each other, but

Posted on Tue, 17 Aug 2021

yeh, we see each other, but rarely outself. Well done. 

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Posted in Leaving Home

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great story, 

Posted on Wed, 11 Aug 2021

great story, 

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Posted in Danger Mouse

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aye, great ending. 

Posted on Tue, 10 Aug 2021

aye, great ending. 

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Posted in Stovies

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henrik and harold. I remember

Posted on Thu, 05 Aug 2021

henrik and harold. I remember it well. I'm sure my celebrations were someting like that, but nothign like that. 

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Posted in Wan Goal tae the Good

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I've not read a lot of Dylan

Posted on Sun, 08 Aug 2021

I've not read a lot of Dylan Thomas, but his words burtst from the page. I guess that's what we all aim for. 

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Posted in Fleeting Observations Of A Poet

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