ralph

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I have 588 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 845226 times and 343 of my stories have been cherry picked.
8 of my 108 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 9 votes

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My stories

Night on Shaw Road

By ralph on Sat, 20 Jan 2007

The little girl. She's telling me jokes, from her new, shiny book. Some we get, and some we don't. We laugh on the sofa. Demolish a packet of crisps. You are in the kitchen. On the phone,
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Bournemouth. Two Weeks Before Christmas

By ralph on Sun, 14 Jan 2007

The wind wraps me. Into you. And I can stand this now. For I am swept again. This isn't melancholy's jetsam, crashing a wave, hunting a riptide. I will not drown again. Am I clear on that?
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Ruby's Felt Tipped Pen

By ralph on Sat, 30 Dec 2006

Dolly in a push chair. Christmas, and carpet stains. An eight year old girl. Drawing me. On a whiteboard. Just off the kitchen. A tiny hand spiralling. Generous to my lack of hair. A tiny thumb in mouth.
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Blow

By ralph on Mon, 30 Oct 2006

Room scattered with the things that every days are made of rotting food from days ago stale curls of crisps her body is a centrepiece its skin iced, diced, puffed the blood needles high five her sleep
Autobiography
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California Diary 11

By ralph on Fri, 18 Aug 2006

L.A: 18th August 7.37am Mark Rothko gets me every time. It's only colour. So Paula and me go to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's downtown and I have been there before. Saw a great David Hockney show a few years ago.
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