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I have 461 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 573201 times and 20 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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David Kirtley

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The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.7 by Alfred Muggins (himself) The Real Henry VIII Finds His Feet In 21st Century England! Ch.7 Part 1

By David Kirtley on Tue, 10 Sep 2024

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16/7/23 (5/7/24) Mrs Muggins was back from the 16 th Century, having become sick of Henry’s cruelty in beheading of Catherine Howard in 1542. It had...

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The Bleeding Of Britain and the People (from the Imaginations of Alfred N.Muggins)

By David Kirtley on Fri, 06 Sep 2024

11/8/24 Modern Britain was being given away to corruptions of all sorts, including its people. Its houses were sold to the highest bidders,...

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The Man Who Almost Saved The World by Alfred N.Muggins

By David Kirtley on Sun, 01 Sep 2024

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18/7/24 And the Pied Piper leads his adherents and the whole nation into the jaws of transatlantic capitalism, On both sides of the pond! The Buffoon...

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Is Britain About To Have Its Own Revolution? Asks Alfred N.Muggins

By David Kirtley on Thu, 22 Aug 2024

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5/8/24 Amazingly there seemed to be more revolutionary activity going on in Britain than in France just at the moment, as right wing protesters had...

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Alfred N.Muggins Becomes An Honourary Frenchman After Watching The Opening Ceremony Of The Olympics! : Part 2

By David Kirtley on Mon, 19 Aug 2024

1/8/24 It all took him back to the times when he had been in Paris, and France generally. He listened now to Debussey and Ravel, with his nose...

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They should have labelled it

Posted on Sun, 19 Feb 2023

They should have labelled it more clearly. However Earl Grey is a pleasant variant from normal tea in my opinion! I am sure it has enabled me to write certain pieces I might not otherwise have written over the years.

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An awful tragedy! I think we

Posted on Fri, 10 Feb 2023

An awful tragedy! I think we knew the final figures were going to be a lot higher given that they are just counting the bodies. When we see the pictures and hear the detailed stories it brings the cruelty of this disaster closer to us. The...

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Could this be the future? Can

Posted on Tue, 07 Feb 2023

Could this be the future? Can we construct a virtual or everlasting heaven? Great writing, characters remembering and re-experiencing life, and maybe going to heaven?

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Posted in The Edge of Heaven

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I do also think this is a

Posted on Sun, 08 Jan 2023

I do also think this is a great piece, very melancholic, and also very real. A very natural style, with humour and sadness!

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Nice poem! It certainly

Posted on Tue, 24 Jan 2023

Nice poem! It certainly paints the scene. This come from a scene in a romantic film with Tom Hanks in it does it not? It rings a bell, but it is a while since I saw it. I like the idea of repainting a scene from a good film!

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You make a very imortant

Posted on Fri, 13 Jan 2023

You make a very imortant point here Luigi, that the good guys do not always win, even now in the Post 1945 world. It is important that we all realise that!

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I did enjoy this 'miniature'

Posted on Thu, 29 Dec 2022

I did enjoy this 'miniature' satire of Brexit, but then it occurs to me that the Christmas economy may well dwarf the so called national economy in size. I once used to believe that the elves probably had it right, but nowadays we find that they...

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I enjoyed this realistic

Posted on Tue, 20 Dec 2022

I enjoyed this realistic story. In this all too real Christmas Tale it seems too much damage has been done to the relationship, and Mick's late reversal of attitude seems to come too late to save his marriage! Not all Christmas tales can end well...

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Posted in The Last Christmas (Part Two of Two)

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