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I have 25 stories published in 3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 24366 times and 4 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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Kerry Budd

My stories

Asphyxiated

Fucking cancer, fucking disease. I want to take cancer by the throat and strangle it until it chokes and dies.
Cherry

The Modern Way

A GIRL sits at a dressing table looking at herself in the mirror. She is 17 but looks younger. She is small for her age and awkward with enormous eyes that are staring back at her.

The Best Ever Story in the World

Maybe I should start with my childhood. That was full of the kind of shit people write about. No. I’m going to be different.
Cherry

My Little Eye

It was beginning to heal, but the gash where my eye had been still looked shocking. Clumsy black stitches and swollen clots ballooned in size under my scrutiny.

Stern

I bend to read the note. Between heads and arms and fingers I catch the gist and imagine. Small, concentrated brush strokes swish across stretched canvas. A furrowed brow easing

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