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I have 581 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 759838 times
and 332 of my stories have been cherry picked.
7 of my 104 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 8 votes
My stories
St John’s (after Van Morrison)
Cerys plays tunes this morning on my radio birds chirp the trees of St John’s and I’ve fine coffee from Guatemala the sun streams through and a...
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This Beeston Morning
One magpie, Beeston's little park just outside work. I remember the rhyme and I’ll take its sorrow with a cigarette. The memory of this morning’s...
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North
Aye. We knew summat were wrong with him. He smoked Silk Cut, ate dinner for his tea. He wore big headphones, the longest of coats. Some of us saw him...
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- 362 reads
Blackbirds
It will get better, some say. It was one of those bird days, when they all came to lodge, outstayed their welcome, hopped into every room, fluttered...
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Socialist Cocaine
There ain’t no such thing as socialist cocaine. You may be one of those who buys sustainable clothes, fair trade food, the Big Issue. Once cried for...
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