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I have 590 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 862419 times
and 347 of my stories have been cherry picked.
8 of my 108 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 9 votes
My stories
Wisconsin
He speaks to the nation through the night-time networks of treachery. The things he wants are shiny, cheap, divisive and ugly. And now people will...
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- 520 reads
Breathing Lessons
Realisations can choke. The empty biscuit tin, the final scrape of butter. The dirty penny from the jar. Breath, when taken deeply, can dislodge...
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- 726 reads
Dawn Call Late
Alnmouth, Northumberland, Spring, 2013. On a bench with Gladys Bettess. Overlooking the bay. Above us, a kite, swirls, panics, falls. The...
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- 404 reads
Whilst Reading Anne Tyler
I was something else sometime ago. I know that if I wanted, I could climb the twelve stairs, open the battered case and pull out that day on Venice...
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- 422 reads
Distancing
Listening to Mingus preach. His fingers and thumbs a sermon. A lesson from a teacher learned but rarely practiced. That of trajectory. Today, there...
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- 619 reads