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I have 593 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 892981 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
On December Nights in 1973
On December Nights in 1973 Our mum, she loved Marks & Spencer. She'd always say, "Ohh.You can't beat them for quality. For value!" Every...
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Jimmy
Jimmy Under the trees at the end of the field. The day we built our camp. We had rusty nails, sweet cigarettes. A radio that played opera. You showed...
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Luton Revisited (After John Hegley)
Many years ago, John Hegley wrote a seismic political poem about class and mobility for his home town of Luton. It still shocks today. You can hear...
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Ascensions
Ascensions No finger on it. The colour, the grey area i nsipid in other circumstances. Here, the light glows as if a search. A treasure sunk — swept...
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Moon Over Armley
Moon Over Armley An angry cloud converses with the lunar. The sixpence sphere will always rise above. In Armley prison darkness arrives sooner. A...
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