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I have 117 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 532656 times and 540 of my stories have been cherry picked.
141 of my 1,020 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 150 votes

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Sean McNulty

 

 

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Lunar New Year Evening

After untold glasses of baijiu , the emphatic ganbei s, and gift of a blood-red envelope – licked I guessed by golden dragons and issued by high...
Cherry

Jackrussell

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Cherry

The Storm Of A Thousand Years

Cultural differences notwithstanding We’re good at standing in the rain Eating chicken on a stick together and Laughing when a joke transmogrifies...
Cherry

Winner Of The National Confession Award, 1990

--Dere wus a war. And I wus slam-bang in de middle of it. Wartime is mad, ye know. People get hurt. I never bin at war before. Not dat kind of action...
Cherry

Hold On To Your Hamsters

Ending a Story Cycle
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141 of my comments have received 150 Great Feedback votes

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So delighted this is being

Posted on Sat, 09 May 2020

So delighted this is being published.  Can't wait to own a copy.

This piece rings incredibly true for me.  

To fend off the rejections, I have created a fictional publisher in my mind that accepts every single word and phrase I...

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Posted in Flamingo Dreams

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Lewis Carroll's lockdown. 

Posted on Wed, 15 Apr 2020

Lewis Carroll's lockdown.  This wonderful tale is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.

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Posted in Crab Customs

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Oh yes, Douglas Adams too,

Posted on Thu, 02 Apr 2020

Oh yes, Douglas Adams too, definitely.
I think every Monty Python member played a screaming woman at some stage. I think that's why they got into comedy in the first place. But Terry Jones was always the stand out screaming woman. And she...

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Posted in The Monkey Plans. (An audio extract from Sven Goes to War)

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A very moving poem that

Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020

A very moving poem that speaks to these uncertain times. This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.

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Posted in Deimos

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This is our Facebook and

Posted on Fri, 13 Mar 2020

This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.

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Posted in Motorway City (Rock'n'Roll will never die)

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Ah, the war is over.

Posted on Mon, 02 Mar 2020

Ah, the war is over.

Except with Amstrad

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Posted in On the Spectrum

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I've read Kafka On The Shore.

Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2020

I've read Kafka On The Shore. Never got to the others.
Its funny you say that as the first thing I ever put on abc tales was my novel What's The Moose, Munter? It was very much a Brautigan riff. Imitation, I would say. But I remember when...

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Posted in 1984 was more than just orwell

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The Abortion is a fave of

Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2020

The Abortion is a fave of mine. A few years ago I visited the San Fran library at the address he mentions. There's a real library there. Inside, they have a little shrine and people actually sent some makeshift books. I took photos. What a...

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Posted in 1984 was more than just orwell

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Oh, the poetry breathes. And

Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2020

Oh, the poetry breathes. And defies the sex limits. Great stuff!

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Posted in Waka for Murasaki Shikibu

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Behold the poetry of shapes! 

Posted on Sat, 28 Dec 2019

Behold the poetry of shapes!  This terrific response to the Inspiration Point is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day, Please share and retweet!

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Posted in Decagon

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