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I have 1121 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1708211 times and 1127 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1374 of my 14,675 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1408 votes

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twelve-noon-seven

After Sarah used the toilet and flushed, she put the toilet seat down, and washed her hands and doused her face in cold water. No soap. No towel. She...
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twelve-noon-six

Paddy stood outside the church, he’d found it almost impossible to get a parking space and had circled for fifteen minutes before parking on a corner...
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twelve-noon-five

Sarah pushed open the door to the living room. A fan heater threw up a little hot air and re-circulated the stink of cigarettes booze and the acrid...
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twelve-noon-four

Paddy came spruced up and fully dressed, out of the shower, and dropped the wet towel on the bed. He adjusted his tie and polished his shoes by...
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twelve-noon-three

‘You mind if I smoke?’ Paddy rested his back against the headboard. He’d woken early, hadn’t really slept, had thought of sneaking away, but then...

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1374 of my comments have received 1408 Great Feedback votes

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great stuff. enjoyed reading.

Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021

great stuff. enjoyed reading. 

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Posted in Letters in the attic

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I guess we're all chalatans

Posted on Sat, 13 Feb 2021

I guess we're all chalatans inside. 

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Posted in The Very Powerful Man

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the bones of a forgotten road

Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021

the bones of a forgotten road. Your poetry finds a way home. 

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Posted in After the Blizzard

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I'm with farg with regard to

Posted on Tue, 09 Feb 2021

I'm with farg with regard to Dire Stratis. 

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Posted in Take it Back

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funnily enough was talking to

Posted on Tue, 09 Feb 2021

funnily enough was talking to my mate about that today, Jenny, but it was the Erskine Bridge we were talking about. 

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Posted in Silent Lament

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hearts and souls carried like

Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021

hearts and souls carried like old sums into this next line- poetry. 

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Posted in Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden)

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 We’d been to my parents

Posted on Sat, 23 Jan 2021

 We’d been to my parents [parent's]

wonderful story telling, great ending and a story that sticks. 

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Posted in Snow Day

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a vision I can recognise. 

Posted on Sat, 23 Jan 2021

a vision I can recognise. 

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Posted in Wootton Village

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sea spirit guides us all, not

Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2021

sea spirit guides us all, not all, but you, certainly. 

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Posted in To a Lone Sailor

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magically evoked, if we

Posted on Fri, 15 Jan 2021

magically evoked, if we turned into a tree what bitter fruits would we? 

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Posted in Apple Tree

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