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I have 582 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 795459 times
and 334 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
Soul Boy
I am fifteen years old, a wedge haircut before Brideshead, a forever flicked fringe, soul blue eyes. It’s 1979, my last summer has gone. I am the...
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Joseph
You told me at bedtime of a secret land, where planes, tanks and troops resided, primed to kill for our republic of Essex. You said tomorrow the...
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The Girl With No Name
Wish you’d been with me at the open window, and that you hadn’t gone astray. We’d have smoked rocks of crack by the open window, waiting for the moon...
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The Comer Inner
Sunday morning walk in Breton, with our hats, new scarves, old gloves, boots and our dog, Big Ron. You whisper in my ear all warmly, “This one’s by...
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Bakelite
We’re telling you things can get better, that there is no need to worry. Because you are not the maker of these days and neither are we. And if push...
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