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I have 446 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 652098 times and 85 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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David Hadley

David Hadley lives in the Black Country, West Midlands, UK.

His writing has been published in several magazines in the UK and US. Many of his pieces have been Cherry-picked by the editors at abctales.com, including some selected as Story of the Week. (http://www.abctales.com/user/38640).

His books are available here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B005DFN62Q (UK) or here: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005DFN62Q (US).

My stories

Cherry

Skin Against The Rough World

There is a place, not too far from here, where we go when the night closes this all down. There is a place there where we can hide under sheets and keep each other living.

Working World

Now I watch from this one window As the ordinary world passes by. It doesn’t seem to need me now, Managing quite well on its own. Its days can start and dress themselves

Final Exams

Well, here we are again then. So, how are you on this splendid day? Have you brought along your Water Vole Perplexation Kit? No? Oh, dear.

Tools of the Secret Services: A Brief History

t is a little known fact that the teasmade was first used by British secret agents working undercover in hostile foreign countries.

Out of Reach

So, we are left behind Alone on this cold shoreline And staring far away To the horizon’s end While telling all those tales We can recall too well. We know his story ended

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