ralph
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I have 581 stories published in
17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 751703 times
and 332 of my stories have been cherry picked.
7 of my 104 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 8 votes
My stories
River
Grumbling Mrs. Mumble itching along the bridge . S pitting spite at Canary Wharf . Lit up like a n opened fridge . Chains jangle in a falsetto wind...
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Season
The first bee of spring swerves in a garden unkempt by winter and the unborn. I stand at this back door – shaken, considering those sunflowers of our...
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- 453 reads
Degrees of Difficulty
There was a girl I used to know who would swallow dive on to her four poster bed in times of excitement. She’d start her run in the hallway – ensure...
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- 298 reads
Ways
And now I think of my friend Stevie on an early train from York to London. Learning the words to ‘True Love Ways’ for his open audition for ‘Buddy...
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Great Horton Swan Song
From high up upon their sacred hill. They’ve sat watching me twist mad, thin and ill. Because I’ve felt horrors that they’ll never conceive. Away I...
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- 429 reads