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I have 92 stories published in
6 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 44001 times
and 34 of my stories have been cherry picked.
Simon Barber
My stories
Eyes are the Scouts
I am not the same as you, valentine I ignore the data emissions, the goosebumpin' stream of information packets received by the mainframe, and...
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- 457 reads
Musical Acousticity
Wasn't it Homer who said that plucking the bow made a sound like the excellent voice of a swallow? My acoustic guitar well strung and cobalt blue...
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- 452 reads
Silver Spray (eternal youth of Charlie Perriwit)
Most children blossom like a blue mountain flower, until their weight on the stem takes them to ground. Charlie Perriwit had no Daddy, no passage to...
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- 480 reads
Taking off &; landing during the hours of darkness
The flyboys tell me it is common procedure to dim the cabin lights when taking off and landing during the hours of darkness. I love the dark but I am...
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- 507 reads
Coins for the Ferryman
Liverpool ferry paying old Bob with bronze slummy to sail scousers in the fog. Coins on eyes are life's last debt due. The final penny spent to carry...
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- 558 reads