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I have 164 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 80041 times
and 22 of my stories have been cherry picked.
Andy Pickering
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Before You Sleep
Before you sleep tonight Think of the others. They need not think of you. They lie in pits, grateful now, In their shared but silent space. And...
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- 399 reads
I Give Up
Paint the door white. The cross will come later. Huddle and scuttle and hope for the best. Pull up your blanket then look in their eyes. The old are...
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Small Hours
Welcome the quiet hours after midnight. One. Two. Three. Laptop. Tablet. Phone. Turned off. A chance to think before dreams distort. A single man of...
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A Lament for How It Was Meant To Be
They lied to me. In 1967. They lied then. They lie more now. The doctor visits the 10 year-old in his squalid bedroom. She strokes my throat gently...
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Defiance
A writer without words. A songbird without song. How do you call for help When you have no words left? All the world continues. Oblivious to you...
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