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I have 190 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 617634 times and 264 of my stories have been cherry picked.
798 of my 2,899 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 844 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.

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Eric’s War

A concise history of World War Two as told to me long ago by my dear old friend Eric. Additional material was provided by his lovely wife Peggy.
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My Döner and Chide

The surprises that turn up in your pocket of a Thursday morning.
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

We bought a Lamborghini (or maybe a Fiat… it’s definitely Italian).
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Holiday on Ice

It's like being on a real holiday but without any danger of having to talk to people over breakfast.
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A Midsummer Night’s Apocalypse

When you sit through a storm…
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798 of my comments have received 844 Great Feedback votes

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Ar Zhao

Posted on Wed, 07 May 2025

Ayup ar Zhao! Is tha lakin' at snooker terneet?

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Energetic

Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025

Isn't energetic just the perfect word for describing the spring?

A great poem Jenny. Congratulations on all the accolades.

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Old Quarry

Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2025

We never know what characters hide behind those scary faces. Better safe than sorry, every time for children and adults.

When I was nine and living in York, a lorry driver stopped and offered me a lift. I often think back and wonder what...

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Scary stuff

Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2025

Such a shame that a lovely adventure should go so horribly wrong. You did right to run away as it could have gone even more horribly wrong. A story of two extremes, and quite disturbing as we never know what is out there. We live in a scary world...

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Petty cash

Posted on Thu, 17 Apr 2025

The money I gave to Kavinda was approximately one tenth of my weekly wage at the time, so not much at all to me but a fortune to him.

I've written part three but it's too big to fit within the parameters of an ABC post so I've split it and...

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Ships

Posted on Wed, 16 Apr 2025

Thank you very much Jenny.

I think hardship enriches our lives more than riches do, though probably not for Sri Lankans as so many of them have known only hardship.

I worked for the shipping company just short of three years which...

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Wish!

Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025

I wish I knew what happens next.

It's nice to see you starting a new story and to be in on it from the beginning. Good luck with it.

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Even older than me

Posted on Sat, 12 Apr 2025

It absolutely amazes me how a living organism can survive so long. Imagine the things it has lived through. I wouldn't want to be an oak tree myself though. 

Lovely poem Jenny.

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Yeats and Villa

Posted on Wed, 09 Apr 2025

Thanks for that Paul. I pick up the Yeats book from time to time but I'd be fibbing if I said I'd read it from cover to cover. Days with absolutely nothing at all to do are perfect for such literary adventures.

On a totally different...

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A gripping beginning

Posted on Mon, 01 Aug 2022

A gripping end to the first instalment. I feel this is going to be an altogether gripping tale.

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