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I have 588 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 830380 times and 344 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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My stories

The Question

The Question “Yes. She lived opposite Number thirty two. Didn’t really know her. We minded our own business. But, I recall this odd thing though. She would wait at the window,
Cherry

Undressed

My ex wife sitting naked on the bare stone floor, smoking my cigarettes, listening to the songs of Leonard Cohen. It’s the coolest thing that I’ve ever seen. There has been no sex.
Cherry

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. Fools gold for heroes.
Cherry

Delia's How to Cook. Book 1

In the bookshop. In Basildon. We bonded. You with your cookbooks. Me behind the till. You asked me around. For tea. Pie and cream. I accepted. There and then.

Leaving London

They are burning good books for warmth. Eating cats and dogs for tea. Chewing, laughing, and screaming. I can see them in our street. They are talking rabies on the radio.

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