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I have 126 stories published in 6 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 127164 times and 96 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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A Guide

I cannot paint What I then was. --Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey Walking is such an integral part of my perception of the world that it’s hard to point...

A Silence

I am going to keep things like this. --“Hawk Roosting”, Ted Hughes One of the compensations for my work journeys to Canary Wharf is the walk to...
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Frog Spring (2)

This year the water might become a slurry of waving tadpole tails and nibbling mouths, stripping the pond sides of algae. They’re starting towards...

Daddy Monkey and the Quest for Towels - Chapter 4

“Do we have to go in through the door?” said the deer. “I don’t think that people like having deer in their shops. And they’re probably not too keen...
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Frog Spring (1)

Thirty. Or thereabouts. I tried counting heads several times, but every few seconds the surface would froth with legs. A new frog-constellation would...

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