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I have 589 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 849704 times
and 346 of my stories have been cherry picked.
8 of my 108 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 9 votes
My stories
Middle England
A town like Billericay, in Essex. A March Saturday night. A little bistro that serves pasta dishes to Gladys and Brian. She is twin set nostalgia; he is slacks and Argyle fantasies.
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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,
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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.
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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. Fools gold for heroes.
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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.
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