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I have 141 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 236381 times and 184 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Terence Mullan

 

In the movies, the people who are writers only ever drink coffee and write. I could do that. They never have to work in their garden or take their cat to the vet or go shopping in Kaufland.

 

 

My stories

Cherry

The Meeting of the Waters

A few words about my love affair with one of Europe's great rivers and her little sister.
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Cherry

Kathleen’s Secret

Based on an oft-told story of my father’s. Kathleen and the hat definitely existed until the early 1960s but I’d be a fool to promise that the rest of his tale is true.
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Boško’s Clouds

You never know what might happen when you delve into an old plastic ice cream tub.
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The Tale of the Housemaid’s Knee

My contribution to world events during the second half of October 2024, again described at the rate of one hundred words per day.
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Seven Roofers Roofing

My contribution to world events during the first half of October 2024, described at the rate of one hundred words per day.
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628 of my comments have received 655 Great Feedback votes

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Fireflies and frogs

Posted on Sat, 21 Sep 2024

A couple of times in our garden, after a summer evening rainshower, I've seen small frogs that have swallowed fireflies. I only know this because I've seen the dull flashing from inside their throats. 

This is a lovely poem Jenny. I really...

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Posted in Enchanted insects

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Bernard Manning

Posted on Tue, 09 Jul 2024

The former existence of Bernard Manning pours doubt on the possibility that there has ever been a supreme being that's made us in their image. 

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Posted in Imperfect Beauty

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Kind words, Di. Thank you.

Posted on Fri, 21 Jul 2023

Kind words, Di. Thank you.

If it helps you keep the giggling under control I'll read something about my involvement with the bubonic plague on 12 August. 

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Posted in Our Man in Golubac

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The Balkans

Posted on Wed, 13 Nov 2024

There are several sides to this story CM. In the past I've spoken to Croats and Bosnians about those wars but this was the first time I'd had a conversation with a Serb. None of them have ever had anything to say on the subject that wasn't...

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Posted in Boško’s Clouds

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Wooooooo!!!!

Posted on Mon, 30 Sep 2024

Do creatures of the night perceive apparitions?

What a wonderfully thought provoking question. Is it only humans that have a fear of the dark? Could it be that ghosts are scared of humans and that is why we rarely see them?...

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Posted in Visions Carried On The Wind

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Can Can

Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2024

Having cans lifted from you carry out is no joke. I feel for you CM. I feel it in my fingers. I feel it in my toes.

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Posted in Benches & Hedges

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Migration

Posted on Mon, 05 Aug 2024

I particularly like your

“Send a gunboat”
to repel rubber-gum-boats,

When did the rules change so that people were expected to remain for the whole of their lives in the country in which they were born? I expect it...

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Posted in Boats

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Depressingly good

Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024

This is a depressingly accurate account of the mess that the world is in at the moment, and nobody seems to be doing anything about putting it right. We can recycle our empties, and turn our lights off and we can struggle to shelter our kids from...

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Posted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)

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Blooms

Posted on Mon, 08 Apr 2024

Ah, thanks Di.

Our blossom comes in waves. The first, and most impressive, was about a month ago when the wild plums were in flower (we call them djanki and you call them mirabelles), which was followed by the pears and now as they fizzle...

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Posted in This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - L'ouverture

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Ukraine

Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024

Before I write anything else I want to stress that I absolutely do not condone Putin's actions in Ukraine. 

However, here in Bulgaria we have refugees from Ukraine, but they are different to the Ukraine refugees that have fled their...

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Posted in After Russian Rain (A Postscript from Moscow)

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