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I have 585 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 703729 times
and 339 of my stories have been cherry picked.
6 of my 106 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 7 votes
My stories
Casino Town
Wigan: 104,331 people elected to leave with 58, 942 opting to remain. The governing Conservative Party last won a parliamentary election in Wigan in...
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Under This
A dream. They are stoning me as I walk Westgate. Friends, a lover and the homeless man I used to talk to. I always said I understood them. But all I...
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A Period of Quarantine (after Stevie Smith)
I’m radio active. It’s for my thyroid, you see. They say it’ll work wonders. That those things will disappear. The sweats, palpitations. The madness...
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Going Out For Cigarettes
We waited for details throughout the night. We ate toast and jam, sipped instant coffee. Phones ran out of credit. Those moments defined us. Danny...
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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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