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8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 191392 times
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Alex Smith
Decided to stop talking about it and do it.
Twitter: @AlexCalling79
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Run
watch your hair fall out in those unfaced, blank slate sertraline dreams.
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He is. But he isn't. But he is.
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Aversion Therapy
These are the things that keep me up at night, all stitched together . I will say these words twice daily, gently, and watch them lose their power or...
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At five years of age
you told me that people are shaped like stars and I realised that nobody else gets to see this, gets to see you and what you are in the pauses, in...
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Timber fences; empty freedom.
You were five when the world shifted when you told me you wished we were never made. There was a time, before those words, when the world was broad...
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There's such beauty here in
Posted on Tue, 05 Nov 2019
There's such beauty here in all aspects but especially where you don't put your stresses - in your endings like 'stiff unlovely things'. Such delicate touches.
Read full commentPosted in The Language of Dead Flowers
Some very affective lines in
Posted on Mon, 21 Sep 2020
Some very affective lines in here. I loved the 'homes were a prison' part and your final line is built up to and crafted really well.
Read full commentPosted in Strange Times
Sure footed and sumptuous. I
Posted on Mon, 13 May 2019
Sure footed and sumptuous. I'm coming back to this again and again.
Read full commentPosted in bluebells
‘Camouflaged better here than
Posted on Sun, 11 Nov 2018
‘Camouflaged better here than in the desert’ Jesus that just encapsulates it. We deify the unknown (as we should) but disregard the known.
Read full commentPosted in Listen
Just gorgeous. I am denied
Posted on Thu, 08 Nov 2018
Just gorgeous. I am denied this pleasure as my little sods always wake up!
Read full commentPosted in not ready to fly yet
This wonderfully panoramic
Posted on Tue, 18 Sep 2018
This wonderfully panoramic piece is our pick of the day. Well done!
Read full commentPosted in Manhatten
Beautiful, powerful and
Posted on Tue, 18 Sep 2018
Beautiful, powerful and replete with loss.
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Fantastic writing and a
Posted on Sat, 15 Sep 2018
Fantastic writing and a pertinent message. Wish you all well!
Read full commentPosted in Not One Punch
Poor Wendy. #metoo
Posted on Thu, 19 Jul 2018
Poor Wendy. #metoo
Read full commentPosted in I'm Not Disappointed, I'm Just Angry Chapter 4
I'm gonna get my mum in to
Posted on Mon, 16 Jul 2018
I'm gonna get my mum in to say you're incompetent until you give me an A.
Read full commentPosted in I'm Not Disappointed, I'm Just Angry Chapter 1
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