celticman

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I have 1128 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1729095 times and 1136 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1382 of my 14,714 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1417 votes

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Cherry

Grimms 70

Jaz figures he’ll need to take driving lessons, not right away, but sometimes soon. He could buy one of those fancy Jaguar cars now. Pay cash. He’s...
Cherry

Grimms69

Tony dashes up the stairs without meeting anybody, but Bruno, who has been searching for him, spots him from the lobby and clunks up the stairs after...
Cherry

grimms68

Angela stands sulking in the driveway, near the dining-room window, anorak brushing against the wall, out of sight of everyone, poking at something...

Satiety centre.

I am no one. Never nobody What I fear is not here It’s my heart, they say That’s a start When I look I see the apparition Someone that looks Like me...
Cherry

Grimms67

Bob rolls up the sleeves of his frayed, green, checked shirt, and uses the side window of the dining room as a temporary seat. No wind, slow moving...

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1382 of my comments have received 1417 Great Feedback votes

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embarrassment {another flush

Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2018

embarrassment {another flush of embracement at this} so many parents have Alzheimer's I'm sure there's more than a few who'd happily choke them too. 

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Posted in A Weekend with Family

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maybe, but often they don't

Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2018

maybe, but often they don't get it. 

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Posted in ORPHAN BOY

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we're all trying to get on to

Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018

we're all trying to get on to a better path. Keep writing. 

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (short extract 3)

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rainbows are majestic, but

Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018

rainbows are majestic, but you need to be looking up. You were and are. 

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (short extract 3)

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conspiracy theories are great

Posted on Fri, 26 Oct 2018

conspiracy theories are great for uniting people. when common sense tells you soomething you've got to look again, but the lies people tell themselves are the most insidious of all. If we turn around the popular jib we use with politicians, 'why...

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Posted in Is This True?

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anywhere is good, somewhere

Posted on Thu, 25 Oct 2018

anywhere is good, somewhere is better, you've taken us somewhere special. 

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Posted in Out of Season

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slipped, like an oyster, I

Posted on Wed, 24 Oct 2018

slipped, like an oyster, I like that. 

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Posted in Weep Till Forever

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captivating and carries the

Posted on Sun, 21 Oct 2018

captivating and carries the glory of the world. 

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Posted in clues

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nice one, and finished with a

Posted on Thu, 18 Oct 2018

nice one, and finished with a question. Did the durnk lady make the plane? Answers on a postcard. 

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Posted in First Impressions

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the inner child sometimes

Posted on Sun, 30 Sep 2018

the inner child sometimes gets lost or forgotten. we all need a little hand. 

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Posted in Inner Child

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