mcmanaman

I have 556 stories published in 26 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 673833 times and 294 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2 of my 76 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 3 votes

I'm John. I live in Norwich and write poems and books and for the radio. My first full poetry collection Most people aren't that happy, anyway is published by Nasty Little Press. You can take a look at it here.

http://www.johnosbornewriter.com

My collections

2018

2021

A supermarket love story

Air guitar lamp incident

being abroad

Birthdays

Bridges and Chimneys

De La Soul

Drum n Bass

Hotel

Lunch at Lassiters

Milkmaids

Nasty Little Collection

Norwich poems

Rock n roll beach

Scotland

Skype poems

Spunky doggerel

Stress Test

Tale of the Magic River

This is sixth form poetry, not Keats or Yates

Underachievers try harder

Unordered Tales

Vienna

World Cup Poems

My stories

Virile Paintily Composition

By mcmanaman on Tue, 21 Oct 2025

They asked me to rate my experience, thumbs up or thumbs down. I clicked thumbs up and they asked 'What was your favourite?' I typed in 'hippopotamus...

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Please laugh in her face

By mcmanaman on Mon, 22 Sep 2025

I'm not going to tell you that April phoned. I know what you will say. 'Of course she did, and I bet you answered and I bet you didn't make any...

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Envelope, compass, egg

By mcmanaman on Mon, 22 Sep 2025

You wrote to me and I kept meaning to reply but I never found the time. I wanted to be at the kitchen table with the nice writing paper you gave me...

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Above The Fireplace

By mcmanaman on Mon, 22 Sep 2025

It began with a silence no-one could explain. The silence that makes you touch your necklace or reach for a jumper, anything that has texture. It is...

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