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I have 446 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 644143 times
and 85 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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
A Gift
This is a gift I hold in my hand, feeling its warm heartbeat, soft within its fur coating, hiding secrets between folds and offering promise. I receive with a thankfulness
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- 898 reads
Fogbound
The years fall behind me And I grow too old to hope For dreams that are not regrets. I invent new memories Of what life ought to have been. I should have been someone else
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- 1171 reads
Breathe a Name
The world becomes familiar an inventory of possibilities hovers near your open lips. You take each delicate moment into cupped hands to breathe a name over what you can hold.
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- 1433 reads
Promises
I do not want to search the night's dark skies just for the possibility of stars when I can watch as you undress again at this, another ending weary day.
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- 1891 reads
Eternal
Down here, we let the dust run through our fingers as we wait for rain to fall. We hear voices on the wind and see stern faces in the beards of the clouds. We search for reasons
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- 1399 reads