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I have 17 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 572261 times and 170 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Shoelaces

The way he told me, he saw it as a kind of existentialist episode. “It’s like the left side of my brain’s taken over from the right side” he said, “… the sensible side.
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Cherry

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Inspiration Point)

Once upon a time, not so long ago, Goldilocks went for a walk in the woods, but no sooner had she got there than she realized she was wearing six inch heels.
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Cherry

Las Vegas 3

“So what would happen if we didn’t give it back? If we just kept going?
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Las Vegas 2

It’s half past eight in the evening, but it’s still boiling hot. The temperature gauge says it’s 110, so the first thing we do is put the roof down.
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Las Vegas

We’ve finished laughing at the room. We’ve examined the funny fake ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs that they’ve plastered everywhere.
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2572 of my comments have received 2633 Great Feedback votes

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what a wonderful poem, so

Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2025

what a wonderful poem, so moving - thank you! I particularly like this line:

I ironed his grief with hands still small,

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Posted in The Daughter-Wife

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I had a friend whose new

Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2025

I had a friend whose new boyfriend offered to upgrade her car. He did something to the engine that made it go really fast, and she was so impressed! Then the police turned up and said he'd been using it as a getaway vehicle in several armed...

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Posted in What You Don't Know Don't . . . .

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Oh this is fabulous Jane - I

Posted on Fri, 06 Jun 2025

Oh this is fabulous Jane - I'm very glad you posted it. Swearing entirely appropriate given the characters - well done - now I can read part two again

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Posted in The Vale - Part One (a)

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A real cri de coeur -

Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025

A real cri de coeur - straight from the heart. Did you know someone's given it a name now? 'The overwhelm'. Turlough's right, and we mustn't look away, but perhaps we should try to look a little bit at a time - small steps. This little patch of...

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Posted in Perverse Future

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Exciting most definitely the

Posted on Fri, 07 Feb 2025

Exciting most definitely the word! Again, it's very hard to manage a complicated situation like this without confusion but you pulled it off - well done

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Posted in Mother and Child Reunion (Dead Reckoning series - Part 47)

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This is great - a really

Posted on Sun, 06 Oct 2024

This is great - a really original idea - well done!

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Posted in Walking The Walk

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Thanks for these pieces so

Posted on Tue, 17 Sep 2024

Thanks for these pieces so far Harry. Your writing style and attention to detail has made them a joy to read

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Posted in Taking Care 6 (iii)

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I hadn't heard of her either

Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024

I hadn't heard of her either Rhiannon, so thank you for this - so many quiet heroes during that time!

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Posted in Remembering Corrie ten Boom

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I really liked the mix of

Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024

I really liked the mix of mundane and supernatural/scifi - it worked perfectly, well done!

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Posted in Falling

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so glad to see another part

Posted on Mon, 11 Mar 2024

so glad to see another part of this, and this made me laugh aloud:

‘Spencer?’

‘Yes?’

‘Are you recycled?’

Thank you for cheering up a grim sunless day and I do hope Annie tells her mother to check her privilege at least...

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Posted in Parcel for you...Part 21

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