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I have 585 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 817948 times
and 340 of my stories have been cherry picked.
7 of my 105 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 8 votes
My stories
Columbia Road
Grubby window below wired rooftops frame this dawn. An electric phased sky where thunder applauses a performance. That spotlights me to the era of...
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Waterloo
Dirty old river must you keep rolling under a setting sun. For the boy who waits Mod suited, Chelsea booted. In the relentless hum. Of the trains...
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One Off The Wrist In The Wendy House (for Neil)
It’s raining hard and I’m wet through, because of you. I’m locked out of the bungalow. Cold. Whilst you are in somewhere. Warm. To keep hot, I try...
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The Coal Porter
Walking with the sand tide against gassed winds. A man shot through gunmetal blue, seeks coal. There were other days of counting the ways, on how to...
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There May Be Good Blossom
We have wounds. I tell myself this as I finger the scar on my cheek, wince at the film of it in the mirror. Memories are blood. I walk downstairs...
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