Robert Craven

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I have 48 stories published in 0 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 29115 times and 23 of my stories have been cherry picked.

My stories

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The 100/1 shot

‘They’re almost ready for the off.’’ Said Kay. She had the low, boxy shape of a woman who had spent most of her life in the stable yard. Her forearms...

Dead Weight

Ewan pushed off from the bar, turning and adjusted his stroke, clawing the water. Above him, armed with a long, aluminium pole, his instructor,...

Nostalgia for Cogs, Gears and Terabytes - a celebration of the fantastic in Nantes.

Slowly, to the whirr and hiss of the hydraulics, the head of the heron begins move. The noise silences the audience. Siting on either side of the...

Paper Mache castles and duck-feeding-ceasefires – a brief history of Dublin in an afternoon

Paper Mache castles and duck-feeding-ceasefires – a brief history of Dublin in an afternoon Situated on the same street as the world-famous...

A Finger of Night © 2014 - Chapters 1 & 2

One London, July, 1942. He had always hated the month of July. In the shadow of Cave Hill, over the cranes and chimneys of Belfast, through the...

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