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I have 585 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 703390 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
On Turning 50
This morning I am 50 and I wait for new blossom at the kitchen window. There are signs. Emergent pink wings that flesh skeleton trees. And I’m still...
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The Sunday Morning Goalkeeper
He’s a Sunday morning goalkeeper, goes by the nickname of BNP Griff. On Saturday nights he downs a crate of lager, a couple of grams of sniff. He’s...
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The Sodium Songs
Excrement drifting streets pushed by forty five degree winds. And needle rain from an icy syringe The nameless are encouraged by the godless. A...
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Frank
To be Frank, and to tell you about it. On the night he died I was in Leicester performing poetry. I exclaimed the word ‘Dad!’ and the audience...
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Tea for Three
I like making you cups of tea in your special mug, and that. Sitting opposite, talking about the smallest details that make the world big. I like it...
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