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I have 593 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 887481 times
and 350 of my stories have been cherry picked.
8 of my 110 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 9 votes
My stories
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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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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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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A Dance in the Pub for Carlos Alberto
Without doubt, mate, it was about the density of the Rediffusion days, of colour television and the merging of two decades. A beautiful game played...
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In Childhood
In Childhood Don’t step upon the cracks. For that is where the fingers lurk that will pull at your shoe, loosen your lace and force you to flail face...
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