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I have 1182 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2731198 times and 1208 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1675 of my 15,606 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1708 votes

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Angel 63 (going home)

A nurse held the door open for the consultant and Angel smiled up at her. The nurse’s fresh face made the tiled room seem less stuffy, less...
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Angel 62 (night troubles)

Angel dropped off into sleep, like she’d fallen off the side of the Erskine Bridge. Exhausted, she heard what she thought was a cat mewing, but it...
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Nanny Anna 2

Nanny Anna rifled through the cupboards for biscuits. She tended to stuff them into the back of the cupboard after she’d opened them and forgot about...
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Nanny Anna

Nanny Anna’s council house in Dalmuir had three bedrooms, but the stairs were a bit much. She mostly slept in the living room on the red, leather...
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Puddle of land

They started coming soon after a woman on the island of North Ronaldsay mentioned her on a programme about island life shown on the telly. Mhari didn...
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1675 of my comments have received 1708 Great Feedback votes

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food can be fun, but only

Posted on Sun, 02 Oct 2022

food can be fun, but only when you write abuot it in this way. 

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Posted in A Real Doctor

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cholestrol isn't a problem in

Posted on Fri, 30 Sep 2022

cholestrol isn't a problem in heaven, I'd guess. 

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Posted in Scottish Lang Syne Prayer

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your words are dancing, even

Posted on Sat, 01 Oct 2022

your words are dancing, even prancing.  

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Posted in high seas

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yes, you are hiding them in

Posted on Sun, 25 Sep 2022

yes, you are hiding them in poems, but they spill over to the spoken work. well done. 

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Posted in The Ghost of The Bird

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jail-out--of-free cards are

Posted on Fri, 30 Sep 2022

jail-out--of-free cards are rare, but I think you've paid your way. 

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Posted in Chemo 10

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I think Puitn is turning the

Posted on Fri, 30 Sep 2022

I think Puitn is turning the screw with energy, but his tactics don't cover over our goverrments incompotence or lack of democratic validity. 

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Posted in Crunch Time (The Unwanted Revolution – By pricing!) (Or is it more of a Coup D’etat than a Revolution?) (By the Energy Companies? The new rulers of western (or is it just lap dog Britain?) society?) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 2

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ah, like the narrator, I want

Posted on Tue, 27 Sep 2022

ah, like the narrator, I want to know more. 

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Posted in In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Three of Six)

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different people, the same

Posted on Sat, 24 Sep 2022

different people, the same person. 

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Posted in Sha-leigh - one of a series of my make-believe snapshots

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makes sense for the party of

Posted on Fri, 23 Sep 2022

makes sense for the party of the rich to reward the rich for being rich. 

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Posted in The State Of The Nation (A New Star Prime Minister Has Arrived!) by Alfred N.Muggins (political and social commentator!)

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the edge of you. the edge of

Posted on Thu, 22 Sep 2022

the edge of you. the edge of me. the left behind ones. 

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Posted in The Wanderer

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