Terrence Oblong

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I have 782 stories published in 40 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 642360 times and 552 of my stories have been cherry picked.
17 of my 727 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 18 votes

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My stories

Cherry

Gerald

Gerald was grey-all-over old, that’s the first thing I noticed about him. He was tall, about six feet ten, had a long, straggly, grey beard and was...
Cherry

World of Hedges

“The hedge needs cutting,” said Finch. “Why is there a hedge here in the middle of the High Street? This is a High Street isn’t it, not a planet...

How to write a short story

Terrence Oblong is it? He’s fat isn’t he. I wasn’t expecting him to be fat. Didn’t he used to write about running? I guess they must have been...
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Gold cherry
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The Austere Planet

“What a rubbish ending,” said Finch, throwing down the book in disgust. “A duck did it.” “A duck?” I said. “I thought it was supposed to swans that...
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A Country Practice

I can’t believe we’re driving all the way to Finchester, it’s right in the middle of nowhere, and there’s nothing there when you get there.” “They’re...
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17 of my comments have received 18 Great Feedback votes

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Many thanks Ewan. I wrote

Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2020

Many thanks Ewan. I wrote this while waiting for Mrs Oblong to get ready for bed, it's lovely when they come fully formed lkke that

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Posted in The biggest fight ever

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Thanks Jenny. This was

Posted on Sun, 02 Jun 2019

Thanks Jenny. This was inspired by listening to Brahm's (which I described to Mrs Oblong as the sort of music an old Prussian colonel would listen to whilst looking out of his window watching his pants dry). It almost fits with this week's...

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Posted in The old Prussian Colonel's underpants

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spellcheck thinks its funny

Posted on Fri, 06 Jul 2018

spellcheck thinks its funny

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Posted in Sleep like a Lord

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Thanks insert, I apologise

Posted on Sat, 21 Jan 2017

Thanks insert, I apologise for  my 'I'll edit when I'm dead' approach and will sort out the typos

 

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Posted in Angels of Death (2) - the last biscuit

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I think I'm going through an

Posted on Tue, 16 Feb 2016

I think I'm going through an identity crisis, I almost thanked Celticman for the cherry, but just remembered in time that I didn't write the story.

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Posted in The Heffalump Problem

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