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I have 8 stories published in
one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 2789 times
and 7 of my stories have been cherry picked.
My collections
My stories
Hotel
I saw the moon float low above the bay and drench with lunar wine the world, and me, and - black as grapes - the all-consuming sea. Eros was its...
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- 414 reads
Constellations
The stars are Bedouin fires in Saharan expanses of sky; the stars are swirlings of milk in the cold black water of night. Or the stars are luminous...
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- 350 reads
Witnessing a build-up
Below my feet the gulls wheel and soar, there are rumours of waves at the cliff foot. Clouds start piling up like sandbags, hidden turbines engineer...
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- 354 reads
Dumb girl
In old books you'll find words for her sort, who silently stares or sleeps, a 'moron' you might train to garden, an 'idiot' you lock up for keeps...
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- 284 reads
Factory strawberries
A youngish man condemned, possibly guilty. Among the decencies conserved by rope and shriek is this: the criminal may choose his final meal. 'Wild...
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- 345 reads