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I have 1123 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1719950 times and 1128 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1380 of my 14,692 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1415 votes

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Cherry

Goatie 31

I’m that age. Got confused. Get easily lost. But it seemed the screw was leading me away from the medical block. I’d grown used to and familiar with...
Cherry

Goatie 30

Leslie groaned, her face was flushed. ‘Are you quite alright?’ she asked, looking over my shoulder. I could no longer see the shapeshifter, only her...
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Cherry

Goatie 29

‘Are you alright?’ she asked. My head felt fuzzy. I tried to laugh it off. ‘I don’t suppose yeh can get wee apocalypses in the same way you get a wee...
Cherry

Goatie 28

I woke up choking with terror, and felt like a good drink, or even a bad drink like Eldorado, the way a gourmet chef dreams of the perfect meal. Even...
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Cherry

Goatie 27

Cramp below my right knee, shuttled my torso along the soaking mattress. I twisted and turned and cursed to fuck and back. A memory bobbed to the...
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1380 of my comments have received 1415 Great Feedback votes

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it is a big deal because it's

Posted on Fri, 09 Feb 2024

it is a big deal because it's a big deal. I wonder if Spencer's excess exuberance will make it a bigger deal. 

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Posted in Parcel for You..Part 18

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phew, it's a toughie. No

Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024

phew, it's a toughie. No right or wrong answers. My mum went into a home. I think it was the right thing. But I was glad when she died. 

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Posted in The Home

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ah, you had me going there, I

Posted on Mon, 05 Feb 2024

ah, you had me going there, I thought it was Jesus, but it was an old freind, much the same thing in some circles. 

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Posted in We Watched from the Shore

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dreams are the stuff of

Posted on Tue, 06 Feb 2024

dreams are the stuff of nightmares, indeed. 

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Posted in "Oneiroi" (Greek myth - gods of dream)

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I do not share in your

Posted on Tue, 06 Feb 2024

I do not share in your adoration of the former Queen or Prince, now King, Charles. But hey, we're aw Jock Tamson's bairns. 

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Posted in Didn't See That Coming.

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quite worrying. Spencer is

Posted on Wed, 31 Jan 2024

quite worrying. Spencer is smarter than me, which is a given, but I'm spiteful too. Possibly a sociopath. I always want stuff. But to be fair to myself and Spencer, my mum has been dead for years, and I never tried to dig her up, well, not very...

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Posted in Parcel for you..Part 17

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that was fucking awful. Not

Posted on Sun, 04 Feb 2024

that was fucking awful. Not your journal and travel writing. Of course that was like a waterfall or some other metaphor for very nice. Almost as good as carrot jam. I'm toasting you and the Persians with a drink of non-alcholic alcohol. 

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Posted in Cherries and Dahlia Petals

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I couldn't get the riddle

Posted on Sat, 03 Feb 2024

I couldn't get the riddle either. I was thinking like an adult too. Mayfly, butterfly...keep the beauty moving. 

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Posted in "Unwanted Magic" 4

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wow, that's a bit of a

Posted on Mon, 29 Jan 2024

wow, that's a bit of a surprise. Thanks for reading guys. I wasn't sure it would get  cherried (unless, of course, I gave it one myself, as I've been known to do-- shhh). 

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Posted in Uncle John's Popemobile.

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cheers Jaques, all true. 

Posted on Mon, 29 Jan 2024

cheers Jaques, all true. 

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Posted in Uncle John's Popemobile.

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