The Other Terrence Oblong
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I have 201 stories published in
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My stories have been read 341326 times
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Dave Clark
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The sale of Happy Island
Sometimes I think that the sole purpose of government is to make life more difficult for off-mainlanders such as myself. For example, one morning I...
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The clown school problem
I hated clown-school. The summer school for wannabe clowns was established on Happy Island, in what had been the empty house, when I was aged 17. It...
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The Holy Island problem
The popularity of my Tales from Happy Island , led to an unexpected approach from the Off-Mainlander magazine. “We’d like you to write an article...
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The Parent problem
Death is somehow magnified a thousand times when you inhabit a land where the total population is in single figures. Alun’s mother had died when he...
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The Dog Problem
I was woken at just after 4.40 one morning by a hammering on my back door. I was most surprised. It’s extremely rare for Alun to rise before dawn and...
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