Terrence Oblong

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I have 931 stories published in 52 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1379697 times and 679 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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50 moments in autism – 50 moments in autism

By Terrence Oblong on Sat, 25 Jul 2026

I’m still writing this series of moments in autism. I watched an autism blog describing how autists' facial expressions don't match their feelings...

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50 moments in autism - I just need the sea

By Terrence Oblong on Sat, 25 Jul 2026

I am drawn to the sea. I have lived for large chunks of my life by the sea, in Swansea and in Brighton. Mrs Oblong and myself visit Brighton and...

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50 Moments in autism – my mother dies

By Terrence Oblong on Sat, 25 Jul 2026

When my mother died, I returned to work almost immediately, I just needed to be distracted by daily routine, and my dad was doing the organisation...

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Metamorphosis

By Terrence Oblong on Wed, 22 Jul 2026

When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed, into a duck. It wasn’t a breed of duck he...

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Ulf and Sven and the Sunlight in the Morning

By Terrence Oblong on Sun, 28 Jun 2026

Sven: ( offstage ) "Ulf. Ulf." ( enter Sven ) Sven: "Let’s go out to play, Ulf. Let’s go to the park and play kickiball , or to the woods and climb t...

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Thanks David. I was shocked

Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2022

Thanks David. I was shocked into this by the recent poll of Express readers which showed that 91% of Express readers back water privatisation, at the same time Starmer has essentially ensured that anyone who backs privatisation of water will not...

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Many thanks Di. I had

Posted on Sun, 07 Aug 2022

Many thanks Di. I had problems logging in to my account just now, thought my story had come true!

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Thanks L. I would be torn

Posted on Sat, 12 Feb 2022

Thanks L. I would be torn between Gillam and the Coen brothers. I think the Coens would give more for Billy the Fish to do

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Thanks insert

Posted on Thu, 19 Aug 2021

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I've booked that day off work with a vague plan of going somewhere, I'll have to check with Mrs Oblong, I'll hopefully know later tonight

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I scared a heron on a run

Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2020

I scared a heron on a run along the river the other day, I hadn't seen it and ran right up to it. Instead of flapping its wings and tearing off in a panic like any other bird would do it just gracefully glided across the river, calm and gracious...

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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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