mcmanaman

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I have 548 stories published in 26 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 526561 times and 283 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

Records from Helsinki

When you got out the records you bought in Helsinki I lost the need to work to earn money, I just closed my eyes

Spiders

Haiku 1

Helen Drew

As I unscrewed my bottle of rum A genie came out of a cloud of smoke told me I could have one wish I pointed at the bottle and said I would like a...

The bit before the end of the middle

The five of us built the boat ourselves We sawed up banana trees shipped in from Trinidad while sipping red wine on the kerb outside the workshop.

And behind us

You said the sound of my violin reminded you of the craters on the moon from your Uncle's telescope you gazed through as a child. I didn't have the...

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