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I have 480 stories published in
23 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 407614 times
and 230 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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.
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Fractured silly ankle
But let's focus on my good ankle, the one the surgeon didn't even look at I am touching it now and smiling, its tendons firm like elevator cables the...
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Rather than trying to behave and not feel our rage or rather than using it to burn down every living thing in a hundred mile radius it is better to first ask rage to take a seat with us.
My dad has a teatowel that says Keep Calm and Have a Cup of Tea but he doesn't. He frets, and maybe that's the reason I enjoyed Trainspotting so much...
We'll see you in April
When I answer my phone I have nothing to say and neither do they but it feels good to have my phone to my ear, like when I had a globe shaped pencil...
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You arrive at the dinner party at midnight
and don't apologise for being late, you help yourself to a bread roll from the basket on the side leftover from the starters. A man I don't know is...
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I already told you in the first verse
I explained it to you in the swimming pool. I don't want to have to go through it all again. Cycling home you asked if I was certain. A cycle lane is...
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