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I have 505 stories published in 16 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2083320 times and 396 of my stories have been cherry picked.
104 of my 5,420 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 111 votes

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Found the site in November 2011. Love the friendly and easy format. Write stories and the occasional poem. Have published four books, all available from Amazon. The East End Butcher Boy, Eastendbutchers Short Story Collection, The Men In The Shadows and Who Is Jack Winter.  Always amazed at the diversity of the site and the quality of the writing. Try to write as much as I can and like to try different styles. Hope you like my stories. 

Find me on www.jolono.wordpress.com

And my first book on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_21?url=search-alias%3Daps&fie...

About me...http://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/22/joe-lawrence-traditional-butcher-...

And ...https://authorsinterviews.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/here-is-my-interview-...

 

 

http://eastendbutcher.com

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Bin Day.

By jolono on Sun, 02 Nov 2025

There was a woman in the bed beside him. She was naked. She moved closer, and he could feel her warm body touching his. He could feel her breath on...
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The Life Of Jim ( Part 7) Final.

By jolono on Tue, 23 Sep 2025

I wake up, no, that’s not true, I regain consciousness and open my eyes. I hear the sound of gunfire and voices. Nothing unusual where I live, so I...
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Certificate 15
Cherry

The Life Of Jim ( Part 6)

By jolono on Sat, 20 Sep 2025

I stay at Ronnies till closing time. I’m wasted. The inevitable happened. I was supplied with more drinks than I could consume, which is a first for...
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Cherry

The Life Of Jim ( Part 5)

By jolono on Thu, 18 Sep 2025

I finish my pint and head on down to “The benches”. I want a word with Tommy Roberts, he said Brenda was going home with him. What the fuck happened...
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Certificate 18
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The Life Of Jim ( Part 4)

By jolono on Tue, 16 Sep 2025

I wake to my usual surroundings and feelings. My little flat is a bit untidy but mostly clean. My throat is dry and my head is sore. This is not a...
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104 of my comments have received 111 Great Feedback votes

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Not at all, but you don't

Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2015

Not at all, but you don't want repetition. In the second line you have the word "air" twice and only five words apart. The fourth line has "with every" twice, once again only a few words apart. It may seem petty but these are the things that stop...

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Posted in Chapter 2: Gone (John)

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Jess, this isn't just a good

Posted on Wed, 21 May 2025

Jess, this isn't just a good story, it's really good writing. Professional, articulate and descriptive. You use words well, you show and don't tell. It's impressive and like everyone else I need to see where it goes. Keep it coming.... 

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Posted in Entry 1 — The Mug

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Ive said this many times and

Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2025

Ive said this many times and i'll probably say this many times again. I dont do Poetry. But when you read something this good, you suddenly like poetry. There's almost something Shakespearean about it ( if thats even a word) but its good. Really...

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Posted in The Garden, that was my domain

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Hi Stephen Fisher a very big

Posted on Wed, 17 Sep 2014

Hi Stephen Fisher a very big warm welcome to the site. I like this, it's a good start to something much longer.

I notice that you say it's unedited, that's good as you do need to go back and sort out some typos and some grammatical errors...

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Posted in Journey

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Oh Bee! What a problem to

Posted on Tue, 22 Apr 2014

Oh Bee! What a problem to have, all these people calling you darling. Now, as you know, I come from somewhere that you know, so there are rules to this thing. 

1. I ALWAYS call someone ( female) "Darling." Saves so much time trying to...

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Posted in Call Me Darling

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Sooooooooooooooooo True! Abc

Posted on Mon, 07 Apr 2014

Sooooooooooooooooo True! Abc can take over your life if you're not carefull. I found the site in 2011. Back then I was happily married, had my own business, life was good. Then I started reading and posting on the site. Within days I was hooked....

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Posted in Complaint

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Hello VeraClark! Wow, so much

Posted on Mon, 10 Nov 2025

Hello VeraClark! Wow, so much going on here. It's a life story in stages. Rites of passage, or passion, or both. As always your writing is full of vivid descriptions that make me sit up straight and have to read again. Keep em coming...

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Posted in Things You Keep

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I don't like SMART. It just

Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2025

I don't like SMART. It just means that something or someone is controlling what we do. Smart technology is not for me. I hate people knowing where I am and what I'm doing, not that I've got anything to hide, just that it doesn't fit in with what...

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Posted in The Watchers In The Walls

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I'm up to date H. I've always

Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2025

I'm up to date H. I've always liked the idea of parallel lives, but they are hard to write. You've done well with this. Sometimes writing takes us to places where we don't intend to go, but that's okay, the skill is making the most of it and...

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Posted in Dead Man: 6 (ii)

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I always think it's difficult

Posted on Sun, 08 Jun 2025

I always think it's difficult to describe death, as a writer. For me, the words just don't come out right. I know what I want to say but find it hard to put it down on paper. You've got this nailed on. The way you go back and forth from death to...

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Posted in Dead Man: 4

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