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I have 112 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 570778 times and 543 of my stories have been cherry picked.
143 of my 1,014 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 153 votes

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Maths For Jupiter

Because I know I have to go to school in de mornin and do maths which frightens de total life out of me, it’s certainly a relaxing ting ta sit at me...
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Look Up The Inferno

Behind de avenue, past de dump, and along de side of de Castletown River is whur dis year’s bonfire is happening. De last two weeks we’ve bin hauling...
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Extra Holy

Fur me communion I made about tirty pounds and bought many bags of crisps and many many cans of cherry coke and rented out BMX Bandits and...
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The Moomin Tree

I don’t tink God has his eyes on us here in Dundalk so it’s okay for me to sit on dis tree right now. I don’t tink he cares one bit about dis tree...
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Dundee

10. Mr. O’Hare’s a real bastard but even I’d suggest he’s the right man for putting on a play. He’s always coming in with a bow-tie. Very slick. He...
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143 of my comments have received 153 Great Feedback votes

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You've such a knack for

Posted on Sat, 13 Jun 2020

You've such a knack for picking the perfect nature subjects, Rachel.  Love it.

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Posted in The Loneliness of a Cicada

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Another wonderful piece.

Posted on Sat, 09 May 2020

Another wonderful piece.

'The blench of past pain hums its verbs in your bones.'
Lines like that remind me why I have a liking for words.

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Posted in The Exhaustion of the Hunt

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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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