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I have 573 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 583764 times
and 322 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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My stories
Brass
For us, there were times of fine weather between the walled towns. But now it rains inside our trains. Once, the days and nights tapped out hot...
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- 290 reads
The January Rebellion
The dishwasher is reading Kafka. The toaster has taken to drink. The freezer has joined the picket line. The whole kitchen is in the sink.
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Hope Revisited
The found couple sat on a bench, holding hands. It was a July English estuary seafront and they were amongst screeching children, feral dogs and the...
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Hope's Eve
Dirty old river must you keep rolling beneath a setting sun for the boy who waits. Mod suited, Chelsea booted outside the Friday night hum of trains...
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Mexico 1970
There were rumours of decimalisation. A new decade in modernism at Manor House Junior school. It was the summer of 1970, of Esso World Cup coins...
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- 409 reads