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I have 585 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 703758 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
Passing Tinsley Tower (for Joe Kriss)
I remember it. The day I came. My joked flat cap on. We passed Tinsley Tower in the rain. And you rolled the windows down. Made me scream, 'HOW MUCH...
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What I Heard in Sharrow Vale (for Pete Mckee)
Now then! Folk tell tales here with a wink and a stare. In November 1950 Pablo Picasso visited Sheffield for a hair cut, peace, and some toast. It...
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The Valley
Sickle moon cockeye on the valley. Bubbling pots, sweating sweet mists. Rosy boy poised proudly for dinner. Sunset hobo shuffles in for a piece...
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Insider
With you inside this bed undressed. And the radio humming. We fit each other as if new socks. Tight, taut. Our eyes, a trip, coaxed by feel. We are...
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A Kendal Mint Cake Crisis
Brace yourself my dear. It’s a holiday in Cumbria. Cut short. A Kendal mint cake crisis. Market Square psychosis. Paperbacks, bric a brac. a holy cd...
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