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I have 35 stories published in
3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 26124 times
and 15 of my stories have been cherry picked.
Tony Scanlon
My stories
On Temple Street
In the amber light of morning, after the markets, the street is awash: plastic and vegetable scraps lie at the feet of the last few Chinese hookers, standing in doorways, marooned in morning.
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- 767 reads
Johns
Johns Midnight in Neptune's Two: the bar seethes. The Filipino band belts out seventies rock, the right stuff for the Johns perched on the stools, heavy hams shifting. They sip their beers,
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- 656 reads
Self Portrait
Self Portrait A man stands before an undergraduate class, talking about Lear and the chain of being. Two rows back a blonde girl sits, exquisite, her hair a cloud of light in the darkened hall:
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- 548 reads
The Queen of Hennessy Road
The Queen of Hennessy Road To call her enigmatic or opaque is laughable- she makes the Sphinx transparent. She loves every man, her climax is swift and vocal; she takes her fee with just the right reluctance -
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- 745 reads
Black Kite
Black Kite I look up, startled by that familiar keening whistle of a kite, soaring over Po Wah Yuen, watch the bird tilt and slide away over the village. Like scents, so sounds always stay in the memory,
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- 884 reads