TheShyAssassin
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I have 166 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 119491 times
and 24 of my stories have been cherry picked.
Andy Pickering
My stories
Welcome Decay
I can never know the stakes to which you were tethered. Or how I can loose the straps. You can never know the anchors of my childhood. That drag me...
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Eulogies
I stood by her grave a s the casket was lowered. A shame that h er friends had commitments. I hardly knew her. "Good morning" as we passed. And two...
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On An Imminent Death
We do not picture the empty seat. We do not plan our loss. We lie to ourselves that nothing will change. Of the man, the bull, the boss. The biggest...
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The Sixty Year Search
You still burn bright. As I fight the cruel light which taunts me with fading. We must find where to dance, My Love. A dancehall, Where every tune's...
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Raindrops
Talk to me then, of raindrops. The ones that lay whole on your face. And wash away guilt and nourish the soul. They say. But they don’t. The rain of...
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