TheShyAssassin
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I have 166 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 106775 times
and 24 of my stories have been cherry picked.
Andy Pickering
My stories
Christmas Train
Kings Cross Station late on a Friday night is not a nice place to be at the best of times. Kings Cross Station late on the Friday night before...
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- 616 reads
Clumsy Love
Best not speak today. Both fragile. In bed on different continents. The glass is five days old, unwashed. The body so much older. The love took sixty...
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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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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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- 590 reads