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I have 556 stories published in
26 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 723606 times
and 294 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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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.
My stories
The man who sells roses
The man who sells roses has never given his girlfriend a rose. The man who used to make up bed time stories to read his little girl at bedtime now...
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I wish we went on walks
I don't trust people who don't like walking they hail cabs to get from one end of a not very long road to the other and the thought of suggesting a...
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You don't buy furniture
You go from unfurnished house to unfurnished house rarely more than a year in each often not your fault but blame becomes less relevant with age. The...
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Our daughter the terrible painter
The trouble with dreams is one day you may realise you have no talent. And what then? Take our daughter the terrible painter with plans of art...
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Driving lessons
On the morning of the funeral I saw the boy down the road get into his driving instructor’s car and I felt so sorry for him because learning to drive...
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