MJG

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I have 32 stories published in 0 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 42733 times and 48 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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In Vitro Electric

By MJG on Tue, 04 Oct 2016

Numbed and sedated, I think of Mary Shelley’s near-death in Villa Magni’s colonnaded walls; haunted by six pregnancies: four dead. And all her blood-...
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Certificate 15
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Strictly, The Last Supper

By MJG on Thu, 28 Jul 2016

Rain. Vertical and horizontal, dimples the river and patters against Tilly’s dirty windows. She watches it glaze panes and trickle into smudges as...
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The Will

By MJG on Wed, 22 Jun 2016

GRAN died on Christmas day; an hour after mum’s mega-dinner and enough sherry to kill a small dog. The only things she brought to the feast were a...
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First Breath:Last Breath

By MJG on Wed, 30 Mar 2016

Scream you out. Eelsmooth, plum purple; naked and bloody. Your liquid self empties into my outstretched arms. A girl; with ancient, dark eyes and...
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A different view

By MJG on Fri, 06 Nov 2015

Eyes. The colours and stories they tell. You never forget them. Hadi’s wife, Azir, felt eyes really were windows of the soul. Hadi did not compute...
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