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I have 578 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 732703 times
and 328 of my stories have been cherry picked.
6 of my 100 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 7 votes
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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- 968 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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- 351 reads
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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- 536 reads
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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- 965 reads