Turlough

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I have 177 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 514230 times and 244 of my stories have been cherry picked.
751 of my 2,750 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 791 votes

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Terence Mullan

 

I shaved my head again today. I shave it every couple of months to disguise the fact that I’m going bald.

My stories

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Story of the week

Bill or Bob?

If William Shakespeare and Bob Marley had a fight, who do you think would win? There’s only one way to find out…
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Cherry

This Sort of Thing - The Childhood Stage

From a Smoggie to a Culchie, a ten year journey.
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This Sort of Thing - April 2024 - The Sporophyte Stage

Eat your words but don't go hungry. Words can make you grow rotundly.
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This Sort of Thing - April 2024 - The Gametophyte Stage

Words to tell you what to do. Words as strong as Irn Bru.
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Cherry

Turn and Face the Strange

Contemplating life in a world where virtually everything’s becoming virtual.
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751 of my comments have received 791 Great Feedback votes

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Made my day

Posted on Sat, 08 Feb 2025

Woo hoo Drew, you've made my day!

Thank you very much for the golden cherries and for the kindness of your words.

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Posted in The Mandarin Cherries

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Adventures

Posted on Sun, 02 Feb 2025

I'm very well thank you Jenny, and I'm happy to know that you're in much better shape than you have been. I hope that when the better weather arrives you manage to get out with your partner for some local adventures. I was talking to my daughter...

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Posted in Like Autumn Leaves Scatter In The Breeze

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Anchors aweigh!

Posted on Fri, 07 Feb 2025

The word 'starboard' was originally 'steerboard' and originated in the times before rudders were invented. Instead they would always have one extra big oar for steering purposes which was nearly always fixed in place on the deck (or boards) on...

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Posted in Starboard

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Haunted

Posted on Sun, 02 Feb 2025

yet still I'm
haunted by past voices that
consume, distant whispers
carried on the breeze.

 

These words, or similar, go through my mind regularly as I think back to all the people I have known and lost ...

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Posted in Like Autumn Leaves Scatter In The Breeze

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Tempted

Posted on Wed, 05 Feb 2025

I've never read a Sherlock Holmes story but 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' is an intriguing title that has long tempted me to try.

Perhaps your entertaining tale has got me off the mark.

 

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Posted in The Body in the Library

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Very good words

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

Old books and the scent of worn leather

Set this way back in time, creating atmosphere

and what she knows about him adds mystery and intrigue.

Very good words Paul.

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Posted in Portal

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Why?

Posted on Mon, 13 Jan 2025

The subject of your story is one of a serious and disturbing nature. I’d be interested to know how you see fit to include the acronym ‘LOL’ in the title.

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Posted in LOL! Part Two.

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Sad news

Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025

I'm so very sorry to hear your sad news. I admire you for the way you have been able to put your feelings of loss into a poem, though I suspect there are no real words that would adequately describe the depth of your hurting. Memories of such a...

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Posted in "Silence"

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He's fallen in the water.

Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025

It's incredible how when something goes badly, or totally wrong, it can lead on to a series of good things in our lives. I'd say this happened to me and possibly / probably to most people, though not everybody... sometimes things are far too...

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Posted in This Is Where The Story Starts

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Setting number 8

Posted on Thu, 09 Jan 2025

An inner privacy's a great place. I thrive in mine. People sometimes think I'm miserable or depressed but I'm not. I'm just being alone whilst in the company of others, knowing that I'm not boring anybody and that I'm not likely to be disagreed...

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Posted in Sonnet in Silence

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