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I have 1120 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1686908 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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Jack O'Donnell

 

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Gold cherry

extreme unction

Nah, I’m no dr-drunk and I meant to teleph-teleph-telephone you.’ I shoved by Sandra, as if she was a turnstile, to be sick in the toilet. And for...

the empty chair

Suicide it was not Living something you forgot Part of grief’s chemistry Would god I'd have died for thee You would be as you could be No sense of...
Cherry

Pandora's Box

I lost my wallet somewhere between buying a black pudding supper at the chippie, a seagull swooping down on my head at the shortcut to Dickens Avenue...
Cherry

Ash Wednesday

That kind of man I bought into Thought I was Though anew Grief stricken and desolation Too late, too late, too late Time does not wait Sifts you like...
Cherry

chord in red

Stay faithful to the word You knew all along You knew all along Stay faithful to the word And what you knew to be And what you knew to be Will reveal...
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1365 of my comments have received 1398 Great Feedback votes

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I'm not sure James II thought

Posted on Fri, 02 Apr 2021

I'm not sure James II thought it silly to embrace Cathlicism. He was Catholic. I guess we can thing it silly now, but with tens of thousands of life lost, well it gave us William of Orange and changed history. 

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Posted in Thank God It's Good Friday! (and April Fools) By Alfred N.Muggins

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you're always a breath of

Posted on Sat, 27 Mar 2021

you're always a breath of fresh air, Jenny. 

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Posted in Pastiche

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I'm not a dog or cat person,

Posted on Sun, 21 Mar 2021

I'm not a dog or cat person, but my partner is. Our current cat, which we've had for a few years, is sick. It was a stray that found its way to our back door a few years ago. She did the usual stuff of putting out milk and food for it. Then you...

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Posted in "The Canines of My Life"

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Lovely memory and poem. 

Posted on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

Lovely memory and poem. 

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Posted in The Last Time I Saw Fungie (2005)

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I'm a fruitcake too. 

Posted on Tue, 23 Mar 2021

I'm a fruitcake too. 

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Posted in I am a Fruit Cake

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sharp stuff jenny, but also

Posted on Sun, 14 Mar 2021

sharp stuff jenny, but also kinda cosy. 

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Posted in Escape To Freedom

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black holes hold the secrets

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2021

black holes hold the secrets of the universe or universes. yeh, gods look on. 

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Posted in Black Holes and Revelations

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too late now, too late (you

Posted on Thu, 04 Mar 2021

too late now, too late (you could get a booker, for that line alone). 

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Posted in No one comes here.

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very sad indeed that we have

Posted on Mon, 01 Mar 2021

very sad indeed that we have such stories to tell. I could tell you more. 

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Posted in Hand Washing, Glasgow Central

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to mars and back and endings

Posted on Wed, 24 Feb 2021

to mars and back and endings become beginings, again. 

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Posted in Forgotten Souls

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